Microsoft to Launch Zune in EU

An anonymous reader writes "Happy with the sales from the little brown music player here in the states, Microsoft is working to launch the Zune media player in Europe by the end of the year. According to the Washington Post article, they are trying to have a realistic outlook on the entrenched Apple product line. They're not trying to play catch-up at the moment ... they're just trying to get on the map. From the article: '"Our next round of introductions will probably be in time for the holiday of this year." [Jason Reindorp] said Microsoft planned extensive research with focus groups in Europe to see how it could be modified for a European consumer. He said the Zune had a 10.2 percent market share in the U.S. in the 30 gigabyte category, according to the latest data, and that it was still in line to sell over a million units by June 30, the end of its current fiscal year.'"

Comments

Advice for MS and Apple:

[crhylove]

Hi, I would love to buy one of your products. I have a great idea to make them desirable to me and other technology savvy individuals:

Please remove all DRM. Please allow 3rd party apps.

If you do those two things, you can expect much higher sales, and to beat the competition, including each other. If you don't, *I* and most of the people I know, will continue bidding for older ipods on ebay that we can install linux on and have the features we desire, making you guys zero dollars in the process.

Thank you.
rhY

PS Some other company will do this and take all of your sales if you don't. It's called the free market.