Move over iPod, here comes Microsoft again
BetaNews | at | by Mike
In an interview with Bloomberg News on Wednesday, Microsoft's Digital Media Division chief Erik Huggers said the iPod would have stronger competition by the holiday season.However supporters of Apple's iPod have pointed out that Microsoft made the same claim this time last year, yet the venerable music player continued to widen the gap between itself and its Windows-based competitors.
"Come this fall there is going to be a number of devices that get close to competing with Apple's iPod," Huggers told the news service. He also said that by the second quarter of next year there would be several players that compete directly with the iPod in terms of "industrial design, usability, functionality and features."