[opendtv] Portable Media Centers
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipient: ;
- Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:42:25 -0400
Microsoft Drives a New Category of Digital Entertainment By
Announcing Availability of the First Portable Media Centers
- Sep 2, 2004 12:01 AM (PR Newswire)
Creative Zen Portable Media Center Hits Store Shelves and First Content
Services Come Online; TV Tuner Card Industry Announces Broad Support for Video
on the Go
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that the first Windows Mobile(TM)-based
Portable Media Centers from Creative Labs Inc. will be available to the public
tomorrow at Best Buy and Creative.com and in the coming weeks from Amazon.com
Inc., CompUSA Inc., Fry's Electronics, Good Guys Inc. and other electronics
retailers nationwide. Portable Media Centers from Samsung Electronics and
iRiver International will be available later this fall. Microsoft also
solidified content sources for Portable Media Centers, with the first online
offerings from MLB Advanced Media (MLB.com) and CinemaNow Inc., as well as
support from four digital TV tuner card manufacturers and software company
SnapStream Media Inc. These announcements give people an increasing range of
choices for video content they can watch any time, any place.
Portable Media Centers are a new category of multimedia players that allow
people to enjoy all the digital entertainment they store on their PC
-- recorded TV, music, movies and pictures -- on one device. Portable Media
Centers are one of three new digital entertainment products being introduced
by Microsoft tomorrow, Sept. 2, including Windows Media(R) Player 10 and the
MSN(R) Music Service. Windows Media Player 10 lets consumers easily discover,
play and transport digital media around the home, on the PC or onto portable
devices. MSN will launch a preview release of its MSN Music service in the
United States tomorrow, offering music fans access to more than 1 million
tracks licensed from all five major labels and more than 3,000 independent
labels. Tracks from MSN Music will be available for playback on Portable Media
Centers in Windows Media Audio format.
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