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Microsoft’s iPod Competitor On the Way
Monday, March 27th, 2006 at 2:00 PM - by Jeff Gamet
Steve Balmer, Microsoft's CEO, confirmed that his company is planning on releasing something to take on the iPod, but didn't say exactly when. In an interview with Fortune, he said that Microsoft sees convergent devices as the way of the future, and that eventually people won't want to carry both a communication device and a music player.
Mr. Balmer said that Microsoft wants in the communication/entertainment device game, and to expect some announcements in the next 12 months.
Fortune also asked if he owned an iPod. Mr. Balmer replied "No, I do not. Nor do my children. My children--in many dimensions they're as poorly behaved as many other children, but at least on this dimension I've got my kids brainwashed: You don't use Google, and you don't use an iPod."
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