id rather smoke crack and play my psp

Cant wait 4 dis 2 come out. I'm sure its gonna be da bomb.

If it isn't girly like an ipod, and can play DVD audio files at their intended level, I'll buy it.

generally anything 2day is better than an ipod

People still buying the ageing technology of an ipod 2day should look elsewhere and you will be amazed of what your missing

ROFL isnt there a program called micatoge Xplayer.

I'm sure MS will over-hype, under-deliver, like Origami. (week 1) Get ready... (week 2) get ready....(week 3) get ready... (week 4) nevermind. Apple just steps up and says "here, it's called an iPod". No pre-hype. No waiting for shipments either.

Actually, MS did not over-hype Oragami. In fact, MS came out publically said the whole project is being blown out of proportion my the media and users. They warned us to calm down and don't expect much.

I want to be part of this project!

- Josh

i think it is a good idea i think microsoft needs to give a little more compatition to the other gaming handhelds

- C - O - M - P - E - T- I - T - I - O - N -

Spell check!

Eventually, WiMax or WMAN deployments will make it unnecessary to tote around bulky extended storage devices. Your PDA will be able to pull data directly from your home server. That's where we need to push. Forget carrying around terabyte storage crap. If you drop and break it, or lose it, it's gone. Keep you data on a safe device (a server array) and make it accessible anywhere, securely. That's the future. All this iPod, PSP, Origasmi, etc. crap is only babysteps in that direction.

My PDA is already an iPod killer, just added a 1GB card and that's all I need. It's infinitely more useful, the only issue is that it lacks the space an iPod offers but since it does 1,000 times more..

I hope McDonald's and Burger King enter this market also. Maybe Dell, HP, heck, probably Lenovo. Who cares. The more the better.

The DoJ and Bush should stop Microsoft NOW ! Microsoft should not be allowed to keep entering in the hardware market like this. Microsoft has to be split up into pieces in order to re-estabilish some real capitalistic rules in the IT market.

Boo hoo. The more the better. Competition is GOOD. BRING IT ON! If you think having fewer players in any given market is good for you, you're an idiot. Competition forces improvements and cheaper prices. We benefit.

The Bush administration is all about small government and being business friendly (large and small). Unless MS is really a monopoly, the government will do nothing. If you think about it, the ipod is perhaps the biggest roadblock against breaking up MS. Ironic isn't it?

MS is no AT&T of the 1980's. AT&T owned the local serivce, the LD service and there little if any competition. I don't think MS fits into that same mold.

as much as i am not a fan of the ipod i realy dont think this is going to kill the ipod. the creative zen came close but hasnt come close to killing it.

Sony PSP Ruuuuuuuuuuuuules. No to Microsoft.

"The device would likely make heavy use of Microsoft's upcoming content service, currently code-named "Alexandria." Although sources have provided little in the way of exactly what the application would do, it has been described as Microsoft version of Apple's iTunes."

Isn't Windows Media Player Microsoft's version of iTunes?

If it is, then we know exactly why Apple dominates that market. ;)

Yet another "Ipod killer", WOW!!!

Yeah, with all the iPod killers on the market, it's amazing Apple still exists, isn't it? ;)

If there is one company that can create an "iPod Killer" it's Microsoft.

Just look at their OS market share, see what i mean?

Microsoft was around at the right time for a new emerging market, they were and are still not by any means great. They work and they are well known, so well known people do not think anyone else exists. As for defeating the ipod. There has been lots of competition but apple's ipod has consistently been the winner, because it is just plain and simply the best product in that market. There are others that are just as good, but then again they lack.

Everyone has a niche, even Apple. iPod is the new buzzword for mp3 players, but its all media, I would be willing to bet, that Creative has a larger market than iPod for Mp3 players.. you don't hear about them, because the iPod are "cute" and small.

I like Apple, but I don't know if the iPod is the best player. Its cool, it has nice features, and it has a lot of accessories, but for all the buzz surrounding it, its not as good as I feel it should be... but then, I am extremely picky when it comes to MP3 players.

This was the same ideology about the palm pilot.. eventually they died off, now the new thing the "everyone must have gadget" is the iPod... So with all the Palm Pilot killers, its amazing Palm still exists..

Everyone has a niche. There are still people running i386 machines too.. and using typewriters, still prefer convection ovens, and TV with no remote, oh the horror!

- Microsoft was around at the right time for a new emerging market, they were and are still not by any means great. -

OK, you are a little blind or you haven't figured what the term great entails.

A company, that has increased in size 1000 times, in 20 years, is on the fortune 500 list, yet EVERY company on that list use their product, most are a HUGE customer, (and no other company on that list can say that), it created some of the most well known billionaires of all time, 5 of the 10 richest men in the world ARE or WERE MS employees, they dictate to the software, gaming, and business market for products what people will use.. and they influence everyday products.. and you don't think they should be deemed "great"?

You should go work for the Academy, they would love you. You like to pick and choose your own movies and your own categories, because you are not seeing the forrest for the trees.

I am sorry that you don't like MS, its a pity you have to be so jealous as to ignore Microsoft Success and to make yourself feel better, you try to belittle them with your phrase..

Pathetic.

I read somewhere that Apple had, like, 75% of the MP3 player market.

Sounds about right. Walk down the aisle at bestbuy...what d'ya see? iPod this and iPod that. Little to nothing from Creative.

While I'm sure the iPod is a technofad like the rest, it's likely the biggest we've seen to date.

Here's the deal:
Microsoft has never entertained me, in the sense that I am amused with a game. However, they have amused me with fumbles, BSOD's on the most random devices (Border's Bookstores Kiosks I see all the time,) and various other parlor tricks.

Why 2007? Why should it take so long to bring a product to market? Do you realize Apple will have at least two new generations of products within that timeframe?

So anything being planned now can certainly be out of date by 2007.

i think you are right about the out of date thing. i mean unless it is going to be some great device it is not going to do very well on the market. Sorry to tell you you like this Microsoft but you guys really let me down.

And people like you try to let me down but fail.
I hope they go through with the project this time.

An Obvious non-stockholder. I guess you are just a tad upset you down't own stock in Microsoft, because they amuse their stock holders just fine.

Is this the long-awaited xPod?

Wait till Apple brings out the iBox :P

You should quit trying to mimic PC Tool humor.. leave that to him, hmmm?

Mine would have been *so* much better, anyway.

xPod....sheesh.

Next he'll be talking about the Google xMac.

MS have realised the PSP is a key component of the PS3 (wireless controller, secondary in-game display, media renderer), and have nothing to compete with. As with all MS hardware, will be rushed out prematurely

How can you say this is rushed? It's been sitting for five @#$*% years since they didn't have a compelling connection.

He's just another Sony fanboy. They'll say anything nagative about there opposing company to try to make them look bad. Even if it doesn't make since.

Sony. Just the sound of the name conjours up thoughts of Betamax.

another comment that tells me you have no idea, what's going on the world.

Watch NFL. Watch Golf. Watch most sporting events with replay. Those tape machines (yes tape) those are Betamax. They are forgotten by consumers, but Betamax is very much alive and well in the industry. VHS is a toy. Betamax is the real technology.

Maybe you are still stuck on the TI calculator, and think graphing is an innovative function too, huh?

I'm more plugged into what's going on than I can divulge here. The comment is in regards to how Sony, like MS, likes to force closed technologies on us and claim they own the world. They do not. They tried to force Beta on all of us, and VHS ***CLEARLY*** won out. So what if media backrooms use Betamax. That's a niche market. Betamax may be superior in quality, but it's how Sony blew their ego out of control that hurt them. MS has done the same on the PC end for years. End result: they both suck and I'm only glad to see more competition step into the fold.

And VHS isn't even a toy at this point. DVR, TiVo, are the new toys. Solidstate will catch up and replace them (or extend them) someday. I'd rather play sports than watch them. Watching them is for lazy idiots.

So am I a lazy idiot if I watch and play sports?

Harsh statement, considering there are millions of people that enjoy watching sporting events.

Betamax 30 years ago. LOL. How old are you? Do you even remember Betamax??

I'd love a portable, except for the rare occasion I'd use it, it would be a pain to have to purchase a 2nd copy of games for it. They need to come up with some sort of a way around this.

MS should hurry and develop an "XBOX origamy" type of thing ... that would surely impact ipod and PSP somehow ....

thad be cool lol.

Yes. Good for all of us. It would force Apple and Sony to work harder and cut costs to compete, which benefits us all. Just think how much cell phones would cost right now, if only Motorola made them.