Microsoft released a “technical beta” of Windows Media Player 10 yesterday, and while the target date for the prime-time version isn’t until later this year, there’s little doubt now who is in the crosshairs with this incarnation of the software. According to Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director at Jupiter Research in New York City, with edition 10 of Media Player, Microsoft “is trying to provide a better integration model, similar to what Apple has with iTunes.”
There's no way that I'd flush money down the drain on a subscription based service.
"With MTP, Microsoft hopes to make working with portable multimedia devices as easy as it is to connect a digital camera to a computer running Windows XP , a spokesperson for the company told TechNewsWorld." SInce I have yet to have 4 different digital cameras easily recognized, or recognized at all on 4 different WinXP machines... it appears the iTunes Music Store has nothing to worry about with this latest MS attempt.
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Microsoft Media Player 10 Targets iTunes
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. June 3, 2004 07:30 AMMicrosoft released a “technical beta” of Windows Media Player 10 yesterday, and while the target date for the prime-time version isn’t until later this year, there’s little doubt now who is in the crosshairs with this incarnation of the software. According to Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director at Jupiter Research in New York City, with edition 10 of Media Player, Microsoft “is trying to provide a better integration model, similar to what Apple has with iTunes.”
SInce I have yet to have 4 different digital cameras easily recognized, or recognized at all on 4 different WinXP machines... it appears the iTunes Music Store has nothing to worry about with this latest MS attempt.