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Third Generation Zune in Fall 2009, Europeans Included

By: Grahm Skee on March 13, 2008 10:37 AM

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Our friends at GenMP3 have tipped ups off to some exciting European Zune news. Since the launch of the Zune I have received countless emails from people all over Europe asking if I knew when the Zune would be released in the EU. It looks like we finally got an answer from Microsoft France’s Francois Ruault- stating in a French newspaper GNT, that the third installment of the Zune would be released in late 2009. This would likely be in the fall to coincide with the holidays.

There are some more interesting pieces of news from this article stating that the Zune Marketplace will hit mobile platforms on the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 OS. Could this be the start of a Zune Phone? My guess would be that is will not be a fully fledged Zune Phone but an intermediary step with music being a tight integration with Windows Mobile 7. Without a doubt we will see this new mobile Zune service in coming Sidekicks since Microsoft’s recent acquisition of Danger.

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Comments

microsoft go home on March 13, 2008 1:51 PM

no thanks, i don't want anything from microsoft.

LordZero on March 13, 2008 5:07 PM

So after waiting more than 1 year to see the zune in Europe, I still have to wait...~1 year?

Probably if I get a Zune tattoo, they will offer me a Zune 30, 2 tattoos and they will offer me a Zune Original.

Joe on March 15, 2008 3:27 AM

So we will have a 3rd generation Zune that still cannot display East Asian languages.

FOUR (4) font files and the Zune could display Chinese, Japanese and Korean, but for some unknown reason MS won't add these files!!!!

Sorry MS, I am forced to buy an iPod for solid unicode support...sigh.

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