Filed under: Launches, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN)It may be hard to fathom. The Zune portable multimedia player, introduced over a year ago, is selling out. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) could not give the first version away. Its attempt to take market share from the first place Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod was a very public failure.
But, the world's largest software company came out with a new and improved version for this holiday, and it appears to be a hit. According to the Associated Press "the 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world's largest software maker." There is talk of 10-day delays for Zunes ordered on Am
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