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Microsoft Launches Portable Music Player

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the crowded-marketplaces dept.

prostoalex writes "Microsoft announced Portable Media Center, a digital music player, to be available in the second half of 2004. The announcement follows Dell's foray into portable digital music. Microsoft plans to license their software for the Media Center to third-party manufacturers as well. Samsung Electronics, Sanyo, ViewSonic, and iRiver are already on the list. The actual Microsoft-branded devices are promised to start at $350."

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  1. Beware the exchange rate by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 5, Informative
    From the article:
    The iPod comes in three models, ranging from $529 to $799, depending on capacity.
    Must be tallking in Ozzie dollars. According to Apple's website it goes from $299 to $499 in US money.
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  2. Did anyone RTFA??? by christopher240240 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Including the author? This is not a piece of Microsoft hardware...

  3. Re:iPods are $299 to $499... what's with the AIT ? by fiannaFailMan · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nothing odd about it. The Australian author, writing for an Australian audience, refers to his own currency as 'dollars' and refers to the American currency as 'US dollars.'

    It's like in Ireland (pre-Euro days) when we talked about 'pounds' (meaning Irish pounds) and 'pounds sterling' (meaning British pounds.) In the UK they talk about 'pounds' (meaning pounds sterling) and refered to the old Irish currency as 'Irish pounds.'

    Nobody puts the nationality on their own currency in everyday speech. Where's the confusion?

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