Friday, December 8, 2006

Zune to top 1M sales by June

Microsoft forecast on Wednesday that sales of its Zune music player <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2069685,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL120406EP22B">will exceed one million units</A> by the end of June 2007 despite a tepid start for the device. Earlier this week, a report from market research firm NPD Group showed that Zune's share of the U.S. digital music player market fell to 2 percent and fifth place in the week ended November 25, the second week of sales since its release. Zune was second with a 9 percent market share in the first week after launch. Microsoft, which had never announced a forecast for Zune sales, said it is now on a path to sell more than one million units by June 30, the end of its current fiscal year.

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