Andy Ihnatko of The Chicago Sun-Times writes his review of the Microsoft Zune player. His recommendation:

"Avoid," is my general message. The Zune is a square wheel, a product that's so absurd and so obviously immune to success that it evokes something akin to a sense of pity.

Once again, Microsoft proves its schizophrenia: on the one hand, it wants to make good products. On the other hand, its good products are inhibited by its awful operating system and its necessity to do what its business partners want it to (i.e., put DRM into the system).