Comments on: One Million Zunes Sold, 99 Million to go

By: Peter Russell

Peter Russell — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:53:05 +0000

no the zune has not been launched in australia. pretty much the only way to purchase one is to go online or go overseas. i did the latter and made sure to buy my case and dock etc while i was over there. the unit has great sound playback, the screen is really nice.

i think it is a shame that microsoft has no immediate plans to drop the zune on australian shores. i really think it could make a splash.

By: LamplightRN

LamplightRN — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:26:45 +0000

Actually despite the small number compared to the ipod this is actually quite an achievement for microsoft.

According to market analysts: the zune marketshare for media based mp3 players in March in the US was about 9.1%. That pretty good considering that it came into a market totally dominated by the Ipod.

This percentage is close the percentage market share that apple has in the pc market (5% in april). And Apple is lauded as a major player in that market.

Is the Zune a ipod killer? No of course not. They stuffed up the wifi and other aesthetic issues. But for a half assed attempt at a competitor for the ipod its done pretty well.

It is still number 2 in the market.

Its not even available for sale in Australia or if it is, very badly supplied and marketed because I haven't seen any.

For now I will stick with my Creative Zen Vision M, as both Zune and Ipod dont play Divx ;p

By: McbLt

McbLt — Mon, 28 May 2007 23:11:16 +0000

Wow, they actually sold 1 million? Crush Kill Destroy!

When companies are patenting washing machine docks for your music player, I think that's a fair sign that you're dominating the world.

Good Luck Zune!