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MS handheld to hook into European music services

updated 03:25 am EST, Thu March 18, 2004

MS handheld device


Microsoft Thursday is expected to introduce its own to compete with the iPod as well as a link it to several online music services. The International Herald Tribune reports the announcements will include "a series of partnerships linked to the planned introduction of its new hand-held combination music and video players in Europe, a development that the company hopes will give it an edge against Apple and others in the market for portable media devices. Microsoft is expected to announce that the British units of EMI Music and the online music and video service Napster are set to unveil content-sharing agreements that would support the Microsoft devices by the end of the summer.


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  1. JEB

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    03/18, 04:45am | report spam | Reply |

    GAME.

    This technology explosion is GAME to get a couple dozen Europeans excited about watching video on little LCD's

  1. johnhood

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    03/18, 05:12am | report spam | Reply |

    GAME

    Not here it won't!
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    http://homepage.mac.com/johnhood

  1. phillymjs

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    03/18, 06:43am | report spam | Reply |

    Well, at least now...

    ...we know why Money ran that "the iPod is all Apple's got" article that was a news item here yesterday.

  1. Elektrix

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    03/18, 07:49am | report spam | Reply |

    Hrmm

    Didn't MS unveil a prototype of this a little while ago? A video/audio portable player? If I recall it was big and bulky..... not exactly something I'd replace my iPod with.

  1. JeffHarris

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    03/18, 07:58am | report spam | Reply |

    Believe it or not...

    I actually see guys sitting on the subway (in NYC) watching DVDs on those little clamshell DVD players. For a couple hundred more bucks they could buy an an actual computer, like an iBook, and have something useful.

    Is this is the crowd that MS is after? I wonder if they can read.

  1. trevc

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    03/18, 08:45am | report spam | Reply |

    never safe...

    Apple's riding high on the iPod for now...

    Typical ... Microsoft late to the game, but because of it's dominance, I'm guessing they take a bite (big one?) out of iPod marketshare ... over a year or two will put the iPod at about 2% marketshare?? ;-)

    And they say that Microsoft's dominance doesn't stimy competition ... hopefully the hPod helps Apple out ... but...

  1. Wutzo

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    03/18, 10:42am | report spam | Reply |

    Atttack iPod


    They are writing that MS is attacking the iPod, but this device is more like an Archos type player (which are on the Market for quite some time and play Video and Audio on a small screen from a HD, just like MS does) or like a PDA with Harddrive (it runs CE).

    Not a break through device, M$.

  1. DeepDish

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    03/18, 11:11am | report spam | Reply |

    lemmings will eat it up

    the unwashed masses will rally behind all things M$.

    It's from M$, we must use it and only it.

    Why, because it is good enough and I am too lazy to even consider anything other than something that doesn't line M$'s pockets with more money and or power and control.

    Instead of "don't open attachements from people you don't know" the new slogin will be "don't play songs from artist not sanction by M$" because it might be a virus for thier new music player.

    I won't if it will play mp3s?

  1. DeepDish

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    03/18, 11:13am | report spam | Reply |

    I won't if it will play

    Oooops,
    instead of "I won't if it will play mp3s?"

    I should of said "I wonder if it will play mp3s?"

    Seriously, hasn't M$ limited mp3 access on XP pushing people to use thier own format instead.

  1. Spliffdaddy

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    03/18, 12:36pm | report spam | Reply |

    no

    are all Mac users as uninformed as you?

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