Microsoft to combat iPod

Microsoft has developped plans to combat the Apple iPod with their own portable music device. Each year Apple extends it's lead in the portable music marketplace and Microsoft plans to stop them dead in their tracks. Peter Moore, Xbox project manager, said that if Microsoft were to use the Xbox brand for the media player it would prove to be a great vantage. Analysts say however, that if Microsoft were to produce an Xbox-flavoured portable it would likely be geared closer to the handheld gaming market. This may be the first steps Microsoft takes to creating a portable gaming system, until then enjoy the mock-up image. But the question remains, when will Apple start putting games in their iPods?

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