Monday, August 23, 2004
Microsoft To Announce New Music Service This Week
Posted by Kent Pribbernow in "NEWS" @ 10:30 AM
"Microsoft plans to quietly launch the MSN online music store with the new version of its Windows Media 10 player. Early-release versions of the player look like knock-offs of Apple's iTunes Music Store, complete with brushed nickel finish. But hey, why mess with success? A button in the upper right corner of the player will take consumers to the download store."
We've been waiting for this fateful day to come since Microsoft first announced plans to enter the music download business. It will be interesting to see exactly how Microsoft implemented its Music store concept. So far I am decidedly unimpressed with Windows Media Player 10. It still has the same cobbled music library organization as its predecessors, which is more of a tree-like file manager interface using plus and minus signs to drill down into your library. The one feature I had hoped Microsoft would copy from iTunes is its music library and playlist manager. Looks like it will be a while longer before the brains in Redmond figure that one out. :roll:
We've been waiting for this fateful day to come since Microsoft first announced plans to enter the music download business. It will be interesting to see exactly how Microsoft implemented its Music store concept. So far I am decidedly unimpressed with Windows Media Player 10. It still has the same cobbled music library organization as its predecessors, which is more of a tree-like file manager interface using plus and minus signs to drill down into your library. The one feature I had hoped Microsoft would copy from iTunes is its music library and playlist manager. Looks like it will be a while longer before the brains in Redmond figure that one out. :roll:
