Microsoft Aiming at PSP, iPod

The Seattle Times has an article that says Microsoft really is working on a line of Xbox-branded digital-media products. The project code-named Argo is being developed by the Xbox group. Apparently it has Wi-Fi capability and will compete with the iPod and portable gaming devices.

This could be a big gamble to fight off the companies impeding on Microsoft’s territory with their pervasive technology that causes customers to use their software. Case in point: I use iTunes because I needed it to connect with my iPod. Now there are free software options that don’t require the use of iTunes to transfer music, like one I mentioned here, but I didn’t care so much to look for one at the time.

News of a Microsoft-branded iPod competitor has abounded for a while now. Microsoft consistently denies the rumors. So this article could be wrong, and it could be a product for other manufacturers to develop such as that portable tablet PC Microsoft released a few months ago that went by the name of Origami. Or it could be something else. Only time will tell, and of course I will tell you as soon as I find anything more concrete. But for now the article is an interesting read, and if correct could offer some new insight into Microsoft’s operations.

Source: Seattle Times