Remind me again, why is Microsoft even making this thing?
Are they truly that frightened of not being involved in the portable media player market?
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200609220340.htm
This is why:
Mark Mulligan, an analyst with Jupiter Media, says Redmond's decisions are based on long-term fear that Jobs will turn the iPod and its ecology of add-ons into a much wider platform. "Microsoft doesn't want Apple to develop a strong position in the media player business, and that includes PC," he says. "At a strategic level, they're probably not that concerned at making revenue from music... but the problem is that Apple is beginning to squeeze into Microsoft's digital home strategy."