Yet again the knowledge of Zune is ignored

In all the talk of the Facebook phone, a few sites have suggested that a Zuckerberg phone would be as much a folly as the Zune project from Microsoft. Of course the Zune wasn’t a huge seller in the marketplace (but it has many supports, myself included) but I would argue it helped Microsoft in other areas that are just as important:

A long time ago, I sorted myself out with a Zune HD – the final iteration of the Zune Media Players boasted a touch screen, an innovative new interface, a dedicated PC environment for syncing and managing media that wasn’t Windows Media Player, a music store and all you can listen to subscription model that took in the Zune HD player, the PC, and the Xbox home console – looking back Zune brought in a huge amount of knowledge to Microsoft:

Redmond an education that many have missed. Perhaps knowledge is Facebook’s goal, and not sales? More thoughts over on Forbes.