Microsoft to launch a portal media player
It seems like Microsoft is determined to get higher then iPod in digital music industry. The company will launch at the end of this year a WiFi-enabled (download songs directly to the player) portable audio and video player which will surely compete with Apple’s iPod, a portal media player which gained billions of dollars in a few years. Microsoft’s digital music player will have a screen ‘bigger than that of the iPod video’ and also will have wireless Internet capability that would allow users to download music without being connected to a PC planning to let people download for free any songs they’ve already bought from the iTunes Music Store.
The Microsoft company already held negotiations with record companies and television networks in order to settle on terms that would allow Microsoft to sell music and video content online through a service similar to Apple’s iTunes Music Store. They are also planning to launch an MVNO next year using all Windows Mobile-powered HTC handsets. Concerning the popularity that Apple Computer’s iPod has, I don’t think they will be able to pass over it.