sourceMicrosoft confirmed the plans for an entertainment device and software in a statement after touting those products to record companies in recent months.
The world's largest software maker faces an uphill climb in closing the gap on Apple's iPod media player and iTunes Music Store, the runaway leaders in their respective areas.
The iPod holds more than half of the digital media player market, according to research company NPD, while iTunes accounts for over 70 percent of U.S. digital music sales.
"Creating a lifestyle device, Microsoft is clearly going to face a battle here," said Michael Gartenberg, research director at JupiterResearch. "It's going to be hard for them to create the same level of cachet that Apple has with the iPod."
Music industry sources told Reuters earlier this month that Microsoft disclosed plans to be in the market before Christmas with a media player that will allow users to download videos and music wirelessly.
It will also try to replicate Apple's simple approach to providing an integrated, seamless ecosystem for digital media is seen as the key to its success with iPod/iTunes, the sources said.
Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple's iPod
Microsoft confirms plan to take on Apple's iPod
does anyone actually purposely use .wma other than microsoft employees?
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Seeing as alot of microsoft employees use iPods, which don't actually support .wma... it must mean no one does.
That said, i met one person who had loads of music in .wma on his music player. I only realised this after stealing a few albums off him. I then deleted said albums, because copying music is illegal and wrong. Also because they were .wma, the sound quality was awful.
That said, i met one person who had loads of music in .wma on his music player. I only realised this after stealing a few albums off him. I then deleted said albums, because copying music is illegal and wrong. Also because they were .wma, the sound quality was awful.