So,  Microsoft has finally confirmed that it will be making an iPod competitor currently code-named Zune and shipping them by the end of 2006. Though, the exact details are still unknown,  Microsoft had been rumored to be making an iPod competitor for quite some time now, this is the first time Microsoft has confirmed such a news,

Are we excited? Nope. Pretty much every single company has been there (read iPod killer),  Creative's Zen V and VPlus are quite worthy competitors already and the portable MP3 players are crowded with dozens of others including cheap chinese reproductions of the Apple iPod players. Now, unless the Zune dramatically changes or adds features, we don't see many geeks picking it up, especially after the fiasco of the UMPC. There is a big reason we think we love iPod's; because they are simple, have pretty much no hype and they work. What do you think? Let us know.