09 July 2006, 20:58 UTC#1
Aint competition great?
I guarantee this thing will be awesome.
QUOTE
"According to a report from Engadget, Microsoft is poised to finally take on the Apple iPod this holiday season. Tired of uninspiring offerings from its hardware partners, Microsoft is getting into the ring itself. The new media player from Microsoft will feature a bigger screen than the iPod Video, have built-in WiFi for downloading music without a PC, and Microsoft will work with music and TV content providers to build an iTunes Music Store competitor. In what may be the crucial competitive stroke, Microsoft will also allow you to download from its store any song that you've purchased from Apple, unlocking users from iPod's vendor lock-in."
Source:
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/06/1843221So do you think this'll be a success? Microsoft certainly know how to create great software for small devices.
09 July 2006, 21:07 UTC#2
fuck the pics on that site looked like shit, I want soemthing fucking clear G, I am not impressed!
sounds good though, although doesn't microsoft pwn like 5% of apple, or something.....
so realy they would only be gettin more money out of us suckers... either something new is usually something good =]
09 July 2006, 21:12 UTC#3
It'll probably use the Windows Media Player for portable devices, which is fucking sexy.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3428996358728158914Can't wait to see what MS do.
Edit: As far as I am aware, MS do not own any shares in Apple. MS simply signed a 5 year software contract to develop office for OSx.
09 July 2006, 21:19 UTC#4
well they did own about 0.04% of NON-voting shares in 2004 (so I was still way off) and they could and probably have, gotten rid of them by now... oh well.
and yeah that does look purdy
10 July 2006, 07:28 UTC#5
Oh well, software is not a good business any more, there are all those security problems, vista, office 2007 slips all the time.
And those f*cking media companies selling ringtones, logos, and mp3s get the big money. Oh, yeah, we are the biggest, richest, so we shouldn't be left out. Let's get in.
I will not buy it for sure. I don't want to be tied to Microsoft, nor to Apple in any ways.
10 July 2006, 07:38 UTC#6
Good, I hate ipods. Samsung wuuuut.
10 July 2006, 08:19 UTC#7
This will be interesting. I like iTunes though... fuck a library in Windows Media Player...
