Zune HD Available Outside of the U.S. for the Holiday Buying Season?

The Zune HD seems to amassed a lot of praise from reviewers. But, I still haven’t seen one anywhere around me in anyone’s hands “in the wild”. That aside, one of the big questions during the September launch was when it would be available outside of the U.S. The Financial Times says that day is coming soon…

Zune to launch outside US

I didn’t see any actual projected release date in the article. It is probably a bit early to gauge the Zune HD’s success rate. FT.com’s article reports that the Zune had a 2% market share (compared to Apple’s 73% share of the MP3 market) in September 2009 when the Zune HD launched. It will be interesting to see what the marketshare numbers look like a the end of 2009 (and the holiday buying season).

Addendum: Phooey. Reading stuff too fast is a bad idea late at night. Zune Brand only. Microsoft’s message to those outside of the U.S.: “No Zune HD for you!” (to paraphrase a line from the old Seinfeld show).

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