From the Denver Post:
“Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will begin selling portable music players for as much as 80 percent less than Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod.
The Microsoft-branded devices will “look and feel” as good as the iPod for as little as $50, said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of MSN at Microsoft Corp., at the Goldman Sachs fifth annual Internet Conference in Las Vegas. The iPod sells for $249 to $499.
Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., will release a number of music players when it launches its online music service later this year, giving customers more choices than Apple, Mehdi said.”
I wonder what kind of interface these will have. The Windows Mobile version of Windows Media Player really needs a much better interface for organizing and playing music. Even Voice Command can sort music in Media Player better than Media Player itself. I wonder what Microsoft will call these iPod competitors? Portable Media Centers? Oh wait, maybe those are something different.
Originally published on Pocketnow on May 27, 2004. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.