Wondering when the next Zune will be coming out? Well according to GNT, you might very well have to wait until 2009 for the next version to roll out. The French publication quoted Microsoft France’s Francois Ruault as stating that the third generation Zune media player will most likely make a worldwide release during the 2009 holiday season. That seems a bit too long for a hardware refresh if you ask us. When you consider that iPod fans get antsy if no new model or update comes out after some 6-9 months, then two years is definitely far too long of a wait. It’s hard to say whether this will actually happen of course. A new version of the Zune could very well come out first in the US followed by a release worldwide so who knows. In the meantime, I guess we’ll have to make due with the current version as well as the continued rumor mill.

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