When will Zune be available?
(updated Jan. 20) Zune became available for sale on November 14, 2006 in the USA only. The Zune Marketplace (for music) and the Microsoft Zune accessories became available on the same day. Among other locations, it is available online at Amazon.com (see our Zune Store) and Microsoft’s Cesar Menendez says the following is the complete list of retailers (on and/or offline) that will started selling the Zune on the 14th: Target Best Buy Costco Fry’s Amazon Meijer Staples Transworld Toys R Us Circuit City Office Max Office Depot Wal-Mart Kmart GameStop Sears Nebraska Furniture Mart J&R Computer World Virgin Megastore (select locations) Brookstone CarToys Sharper Image Microsoft has made no definitive statement on when the Zune will be available outside the USA, but there are rumors that it might not appear in Europe until 2008. On January 20, a Microsoft official stated that “Microsoft was not yet ready to officially announce when it would launch the service in Europe but it could possibly