WinRumors:

Microsoft has officially confirmed the death of its Zune player devices.The software giant removed references to the Zune HD from its Zune site on Monday and later claimed that the removal was “a mistake.” It appears that the reference removals may have been planned for later but were mistakenly pushed early. A new support article on Microsoft’s Zune support pages makes it very clear…

The writing has been on the wall for months, so no one should be surprised by this. Microsoft never got the traction with Zune that it hoped for and expected. Why? Well, it just didn’t have a very good product. Now even Apple’s stranglehold on the MP3 player market is diminishing as fewer customers buy devices specifically designed to play music, instead opting for fully-featured devices with more capabilities.