With the upcoming Zune launch in the USA on November 14, 2006 with an MSRP of $249.99, I am left wondering when is the Canadian release?  Even though I doubt I will be buying one, I would really like to take a closer look at it.  In case you haven’t heard about it, the Zune is an MP3 player from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).  It features a 30gb hard drive, a 3 inch screen, and supports all forms of media playback such as audio, video, images, and fm radio.  The device will be able to stream to the Xbox 360.  Another interesting feature is the ability to transfer songs to your friends so they can listen, although it appears as though they will be limited to three days before they expire.  The tranfering is done wirelessly as the device has builtin 802.11b/g wireless.  Pretty cool specs overall, and something I wouldn’t mind having.  So with no news on a Canadian release, we are all left in the dark.  My guess is they are waiting to get a Canadian Zune Marketplace setup so it could be right before Christmas like December 11th,  or probably not until late January, early February.  I’m making the guess of December 11th since that is a Monday and it would give them two business weeks of pre-Christmas sales.  They better announce something soon though, because people might make their purchase decisions for the all important Christmas rush.