Microsoft to unveil Portable Media Centers
updated 01:15 pm EST, Mon January 5, 2004
MS Portable Media Centers
Microsoft is expected to unveil a at CES this week that "in the view of some analysts, could give the popular iPod an extra measure of competition" along with its previously announced music download service expected to be released later this year through its MSN Internet service, according to The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "The hand-held devices, called Portable Media Centers, will store and play back video, music and photos. Unlike portable DVD players already on the market, the Portable Media Centers will come with built-in hard drives for storing media. They will work in conjunction with personal computers in much the same way music devices do, letting people move files back and forth between them."
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Joined: Jul 2001
Portable?
I love that Steve Jobs said what he did about making iPod compatible with other music stores...
How portable does that thing look to any of you? It looks like a white elephant or rather an 800 pound gorilla to me.
Microsoft and Gates are foaming at the mouth at the thought that Apple has now an 80 percent share of the marketplace.
Now, just wait to see the next evolution of iPods and other hardware that should make Apple's future more secure than ever. As a new Mac owner, this instills confidence that I made the right decision.
Good going Apple!