A Million Zunes Sold

According to Robbie Bach, Microsoft's president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Zune has already met the goal of 1.000.000 players sold, set at launch for the end of June. He also confirms that new Zune things will come in this fall, talks (not) about the Zune Phone, the new Watermelon Red Zune, the Zune Marketplace and of course Xbox 360.

They're catching up, then...

[Anonymous Coward]

...and don't forget - there's four less iPods in circulation since they put out that 'Bite Me' display unit.

Finally! What I've been waiting for!

[Z0mb1eman]

I've only been holding off on buying a Zune because of the colour.

Now, at long last, a Watermelon Zune! It's as hip as a watermelon, and twice as easy to use!

Re:Finally! What I've been waiting for!

[gEvil (beta)]

I'm waiting for the Grapefruit Zune, because then I'll know that the squirting feature works like it should...

Re:Really?

[spooje]

Pdeople are probably too embarrassed to use them in public.

Re:And I still don't know anyone who owns one....

[peragrin]

A million zunes sold, and 250,000 returned because they weren't ipods.

Re:but ...

[Rakshasa Taisab]

Yeah... The Zune is something you only show to your very closest friends, amongst nervous laughter, as you explain to them the embarrassing chain of events that led you to buying it.

So, if you have less than a hundred very close friends, you're not likely to have seen one.

Nice

[Tuoqui]

At least it seems to be selling better than Vista!

1000000?

[meta coder]

of course, it's binary

No no no

[Anonymous Coward]

it's 1,000,000 patents infringed and 235 Zunes sold

Can't even give them away.

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft run a Student Partners program (cheap grass roots marketing). You advertise us on campus, we'll give you prizes.

The winner of the award this year was due to get a Zune... however, due to it not being lanuched over here yet, they had to give away a Creative Zen (if I remember rightly). Oops.

Question

[Vexorian]

What is Steve Ballmer's uncle going to do with 1000000 zunes?

Re:Best Buy, Comp USA, Wal-Mart?

[hotdiggitydawg]

Aha! You made the same mistake the MS press-monkey made when reading the original memo from Bill... "1.000.000" is not in fact the Eurpoean number format for "one million", but rather the US number format for "one"... Bill himself.

Even Steve got an iPod instead, although he won't admit to it.

Re:Finally! What I've been waiting for!

[beesquee]

Personally I'd hold of until the Strawberry Cough version of the Zune comes out next month, although it's rumured to come soon in Sour Diesel and Purple Urkle during October.

Re:1000000?

[Anonymous Coward]

64 Zunes should be enough for the market....

Re:but ...

[I_Love_Pocky!]

I think it is the underground OSS way of saying "I am hip."

I typically look to the underground OSS crowd to be the purveyors of hip.

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