Steve Ballmer may as well have said Microsoft has given up the mp3 player market

Think you can you crack the iPod market?

It’s going to take an innovative proposition. In five years are people really going to carry two devices? One device that is their communication device, one device that is music? There’s going to be a lot of opportunities to get back in that game. We want to be in that game. Expect to see announcements from us in that area in the next 12 months.

A very wise move. Apple will remain king of the MP3 players. Microsoft’s only chance is to make a play in the mp3 player/cellphone market. Still, I think Microsoft will lose this one; they should just license FairPlay from Apple–as if…

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