Is it possible that these bloggers might not have otherwise given the product a chnce, so by allowing them to hear about the technology and see the product and given one- they actually liked them?

Maybe you’re simply being negative about the Zune because you like the iPod and don’t even know the difference between the two because you’ve never given the Zune a chance because, why? Because iPod came out first? So what! Because you are a loyal trooper for Apple because you think it makes a statement about you or something?

It is possible that people were exposed to a product and liked it, so they wrote that in their blogs.

“That was totally my bad (I disclosed it on my ZDNet writeup). I’m local here in Seattle so I didn’t get the flight or the hotel room, and I didn’t really think of it as an all expense paid trip – I just drove across the bridge. That said, I should have mentioned the Zune. Even though I can’t get it to work because I’m running Vista on all of my machines ”