   Microsoft iPod Competitor
One and two. It looks pretty interesting; the large screen suggests video and quite possibly PDA functionality. The hardware design looks basically pretty cool, although it's obviously an engineering prototype and pretty rough around the edges as a result.As for whether it's real? Let me just say that from where I am, all the pieces fit. Don't be skeptical.   
  I doubt it. It just doesn't look very useful for trying to play games on. No control mechanism of any real sort. At least, not one good for gaming.   ;  Looks nice, but i'll wait for a more informative news article before i jump to any conclusions about this. However, i will say that it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they produce this device.Dave   ;Quote:Original post by AnonymousPosterChildAt least, not one good for gaming.Ehm...how exactly is that relevant to being a media player? Besides, one wouldn't expect the iPod to be any good at games either at first glance, but people still play on it.   ;Quote:Original post by PromitQuote:Original post by AnonymousPosterChildAt least, not one good for gaming.Ehm...how exactly is that relevant to being a media player? Besides, one wouldn't expect the iPod to be any good at games either at first glance, but people still play on it.Because a device capable of playing games was kinda thrown out there ages ago. I doubt theyd directly fly in the face of the extra customers that level of convergence could bring.--edit--Quote:Seattle Times columnist Brier Dudley recently spoke with a source close to the project, gathering that Microsoft's bid for the iPod is actually a complete line of Xbox-branded "digital media products" -- currently code-named Argo -- that are meant not only to challenge Apple, but also Nintendo and Sony's handheld machines, too.Source;  and all i can do is cringe, thinking about scratching an oblong screen like that..   ;Quote:Original post by AnonymousPosterChildAt least, not one good for gaming.Right, like the gameboy. I mean, everybody knows a direction pad and two buttons aren't enough to play a fun game.Granted, it won't be running Doom 3, but who expected it to?   ;Quote:Original post by Avatar GodQuote:Original post by AnonymousPosterChildAt least, not one good for gaming.Right, like the gameboy. I mean, everybody knows a direction pad and two buttons aren't enough to play a fun game.Granted, it won't be running Doom 3, but who expected it to?See my edit.   ;  I wonder if the box will look like this;Quote:Original post by kryatI wonder if the box will look like thisI was waiting for someone to post that. =)Yeah, based on this link from AnonymousPosterChild, they're comin' out with something--even if those blurry pictures are fake.   