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Microsoft To Construct iPod/DS/PSP Killer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

Karsten writes "According to The Mercury News Microsoft is developing a PSP/DS/GBA/iPod-killer. J. Allard is leading the project." J. Allard is the man behind the Xbox, and from looking at the article it sounds like it's at least a year before this device, if it hits daylight, would be coming.

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  1. killers by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dammit, can't they make a Windows killer?

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    1. Re:killers by mlk · · Score: 3, Funny

      A brick kills most windows

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    2. Re:killers by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why can't they just make something that goes around hugging everything ..

      They did. His name was Clippy.

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    3. Re:killers by shotfeel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dammit, can't they make a Windows killer?

      No need to. On some of my systems, Windows is quite adept at dying all on its own.

  2. Obligatory by gentimjs · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not to troll but .. I'm sorry, its from Microsoft .. its surely going to have an Intel chip (Mobile EXTREEEEEEEEME Hunger Eddition) and run WindowsCE(meNT) loaded with more DRM than you thought possible from a mobile .. the only thing this is going to "kill" is batteries ...

  3. Home Depot already have one by Timo_UK · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the tools section. It's called sledgehammer and is guaranteed to kill all of those devices in one shot.

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  4. Don't think I want... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think I want an X-shaped console with a glowing green screen. I got enough objects in my pants that glow green in the dark.

  5. Re:hmm... no by cowscows · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pfft, Quiet you naysayer! I don't think they're being ambitious enough! This is Microsoft we're talking about! The greatest of all great companies in the greatest of all great nations! Not only will this device accomplish all that has been listed, but following in the usual Microsoft tradition, incredible new features will likely be added between now and the eventual, ontime release of this device. Don't be surprised if this device solves our fossil fuel dependence problems. It may very well cure AIDS. And then we can give copies of the device to everyone in the middle east, so they'll stop being angry towards the USA.

    Come on, we're not talking about a tiny hardware company like Apple, or a rowdy upstart like Google. We're talking about Microsoft, a hard working bunch of people who have, through sheer innovation and stringent quality standards, created the technological paradise which most of us live in every day. Show a little respect to the company that gave us marvels such as text editors, web browsers, and beautiful graphical interfaces.

    If the Xbox has taught us anything, it's that Microsoft's hardware will be at least as slick as their software, and all of their products share an impressive efficiency in terms of resource usage. The future truly is now, and you're lucky to be alive during these exciting times.

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  6. Early Ad Sneak Preview by Mignon · · Score: 4, Funny
    Great timing. I found this on Google last night:

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3609953966 5548298

  7. Don't tell me... by oahazmatt · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Microsoft bought the rights to Gizmondo, didn't they?

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  8. Re:Replace 'Killer' with 'Competitor' please by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 3, Funny
    We don't need or want new products to kill anything.
    Speak for yourself. My bloody roses are covered with aphids.
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