Darius Wey
12-11-2006, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061210/business/business2.html' target='_blank'>http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061210/business/business2.html</a><br /><br /></div><em>"</em><em>Popular electronics store, Watts New, has added the 30-GB Zune player to its line over the last week, selling them for $29,5000 (plus GCT), compared to the 30-GB iPod for $33,500 (plus GCT)."</em><br /><br /><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/zt/2006/wey-20061011-jamaica.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Out in left field, <a href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061210/business/business2.html" target="_blank">Jamaica Gleaner News</a> has reported that the Zune has entered the Jamaican market with a hefty price tag of $295,000 JMD ($4,810 USD) each, or the more acceptable (typo-less) price tag of $29,500 JMD ($481 USD) each. You decide. ;-)<br /><br />All that said, we're skeptical. There's been hardly a whisper out of Redmond about an official Jamaican launch, and we think this is more a case of a Jamaican store importing Zune devices from the USA and reselling them. Any new Jamaican-based Zune users here care to let us know if this is the real deal? How's that Jamaican Zune Marketplace, or is it non-existent?