5g iPod nano & 3g iPod touch Pincer Movement: Zune HD Caught Between a Rock & a Hard Place

Microsoft clearly postioned their soon-to-be-released Zune HD mobile media machine as an iPod touch competitior. Here’s the problem with this strategy: Apple isn’t on the same battlefield anymore and they’ve changed the rules of the game. While Microsoft kept its eye on Apple’s 4th generation iPod touch, Apple executed a pincer movement. Apple doesn’t even have a 16GB iPod touch model to compete with the Zune HD 16GB model. And, while the Zune HD 32GB model is $10 cheaper than the new iPod touch 32GB model, it lacks the iPod’s vast app library.