I'm a bit stunned by the press feeding frenzy set off by comments (here) Yusuf Mehdi, MSN corporate VP, made during a Wednesday speech. News report after news report claimed that Microsoft would unleash an iPod-killing music player for 50 bucks.
The problem: That's not at all what Mr. Mehdi said.
What did he really say? "I've spent time with a bunch of hardware manufacturers who will launch hardware products when we ship our service that will look and feel as good as the iPod product…We won't produce it but it will be available to the consumer. We gave a lot of input." He then described Portable Media Center attributes, then added: "And then a bunch of devices in between, little ones that cost 50 bucks and you can go running with."
[Microsoft Monitor]
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