Reports of lackluster sales of Microsoft’s Zune that surfaced earlier this week might be a bit 
premature.
Microsoft’s newest MP3 player, which launched just over two weeks ago, took second place in the portable digital player market in its first four days of sales, according to numbers generated by the market research firm NPD Group.
"Considering it is a new brand, it’s a very good first-week showing," said Ross Rubin, director of industry for NPD Group. Zune surprises in first sales week - Nov. 29, 2006