Zune to miss ’07 launch window

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has said that the iPod rivalling Zune device which was released in the United States in September 2006 will not be released in any European territories during 2007.

Speaking to German magazine Wirtschafts Woche, Ballmer admitted that the Zune business, much like the firm’s Xbox 360 activities, is still losing money, and added that to launch in other markets under such conditions would be "dangerous".