\u00a0More news on the subject of Microsoft building a MP3 Player!<\/p>\n
Rumors continue to spread that Microsoft may finally be ready to try and take on Apple in the portable media player market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Many are speculating what Microsoft may have planned to try and combat Apple in the MP3 player market.\u00a0 While speaking at a Seattle area high school, one of the students asked Bill Gates the inevitable question about whether or not Microsoft was planning to develop a product to take on the iPod.\u00a0 Although Gates gave an answer, he was careful not to give a direct answer to the crowd of students, and speculation only continues to build.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We are talking with partners about how we, working with those partners, can make even better music players. We’ve got some in the market today. I’d say in total they have about 20 percent market share, which is lower than we like, and so we’re seeing where we can come together to make a device that’s less expensive and connects in better ways, does photos and videos in better ways.”<\/p>\n
Assuming that the company does manage to get a product on the market, things don’t won’t get easier.\u00a0 As mentioned in earlier news posts on DailyTech, Microsoft will have several marketing issues that it will have to clear up before a successful push to take on Apple can be made.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n