http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/ Engadget Comments for Yet another Microsoft portable media / gaming device rumor http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
Also do we really need this ????

The PSP has proved that all this cool video mp3 and gaming just doesnt really fit if you dont have decent games for it!!!

But it could be a great way to interact with your xbox 360 by downloading video from it and music or even control media center from it!

But isnt that what the psp is supposed to be doing with the ps3??]]>Mar 20th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/The only thing this device can force out of the market is the Sony PSP. Nintendo WONT be touched...]]>Mar 20th 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
Sounds like: "Jack of all trades, master of none"
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If we're lucky, it'll have "Plays For Sure" on it... ]]>Mar 20th 2006 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
I would love to complement the multimedia functions of my Windows Media PC and XBOX 360 with a handheld device that allows me to stream TV or movies or music to it. My 5G iPod can't do that. A DS or PSP can't do it either.

So while it would be great to be able to use an existing portable device to accomplish the same goals, it isn't an option.]]>Mar 20th 2006 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
Of course, this is only a rumor.]]>Mar 20th 2006 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/The only thing this device can force out of the market is the Sony PSP. Nintendo WONT be touched..."


So very true. The Microsoft is going to be a more expesnisve PSP]]>Mar 20th 2006 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
On January 23, 2006, the UK based arm, Gizmondo Europe (GE) decided to enter into administration. However, on February 1st, a SEC filing reveals that Gizmondo parent company Tiger Telematics has managed to obtain a $5 million lending agreement with Laffitte Partners. [1]

On February 21, 2006, Stefan Eriksson, the former Gizmondo executive who stepped down amidst allegations of his involvement in the Uppsala Mafia Swedish organized crime ring, lost control of a million dollar Ferrari Enzo sports car which he illegally drove on the road in California, car was claimed by Bank of Scotland during the bankruptcy of the Gizmondo. The car careered off an embankment on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and hit a pole at about 162MPH, which split the car in half. Mr. Eriksson claimed a German man named Deitrich was behind the wheel, but a search for the driver came up empty.[2] [3] The embattled Gizmondo hand held gaming device hemorrhaged hundreds millions of dollars last year before filing for bankruptcy: between January and September of 2005 Tiger Telematics lost £140m (about $244 million).

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Prediction - the jobs that the DS and the iPod manage separately and efficiently, the XPodDS will do poorly, in punitively constricting ways, at a grossly prohibitive cost to the consumer.

You can have that one for free, you don't even have to thank me or anything.

But really, it's starting to be about the point where Microsoft needs to ask why keeps paying J. Allard money.]]>Mar 20th 2006 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
Do 11 year old boys spend all their free time listening to music? Do 16 year old girls wander around staring into their PSPs and furiously pressing buttons? Do adults want to strap a PSP to their bodies while they're working out? Would you really want to play Halo on a 2.5" screen? Proficiency in one market, necessarily cripples it the other.

While a little cross-over is fun, these are two totally different markets.]]>Mar 20th 2006 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
I'm so tired of these stories. Comon MS, show up or shut up.]]>Mar 20th 2006 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
When you take the PSP and Ipod side-by-side the Ipod doesn't have anything that the PSP has to offer except a name. A lot of Apple boys seem to crap their pants when something might kill off their beloved Ipod.

Why are people so pissy at MS saying they should "show up or shut up"? lol This isn't a MS press release its just a rumor.]]>Mar 20th 2006 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
It'd take about 5 minutes for those two joysticks to snag on something and get ripped off.

Yes - a wonderful design...]]>Mar 20th 2006 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 20th 2006 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://tinyurl.com/h36ll]]>Mar 20th 2006 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/
well nothing accept being about 1/10th the size and costing half the price. PSP + 1GB MS vs. 1GB iPod Nano. and actually being decent for playing music with a well thought out interface designed specifically for playing music not tacked on as "feature #17" on some jack-of-all spec sheet. this isn't 1998 anymore... afraid all my baggy ass cargo pants have gone bye-bye. i'd have to get a man purse or a fanny pack to even carry a PSP... no thanks. and what's that battery life like on that PSP? 12-16 hours like a Nano? afraid not.

but yeah... you're right... the PSP is clearly superior... *eyes roll so hard they pop out of their sockets*]]>Mar 20th 2006 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/ Make it modular. If MS really wants ONE device to hit all those spots it needs to be modular. And I mean right down to the bone.

The Core : CPU, batter+power supply, Chassis, cleverly designed controls, CF slot, SD slot, basic sound system.

MS would need all of these features to compete against so many disparate competitors. Now the trick would then be to design a series of central modules (including the screen) that are each swapable, and oriented to a more specific purpose.

One for gaming with a high rez touch screen (just one would do), wifi, a gig or two of flash, and a high end portable video processor. Maybe if you really want to get fancy a second CPU of either equivalent or complimentary power/ability as the primary.

One for Media with a good screen (probably the same as the gaming rig but without the touch sensitivity), a good but perhaps different video system as it doesn't really need to be as powerful as the gaming one would be expected to be, a 5gb - 60gb hdd, good sound processor. Pack in remote control (IR ?) and proprietary video out cable.

One for Music, inexpensive, monochrome display, 5gb - 40gb hdd, excellent sound processor. Pack in remote control.

One for Power users. Basically the gaming rig with a more internet/PDA oriented OS and probably at least 5gb of HDD or Flash, and GPS and/or bluetooth support as well. Pack in a longer life battery.

Now by swapping out so many critical components you could argue they are really different devices. Probably true, but the core unit would of course come with a rudimentary insert (the cheapest model available) that could at least play mp3s and would probably run the longest (as the sceen would be very basic). And I would assume they could/would also sell bundles with each of the different modules. And with MP3 as the lowest common deonimator, all the different configurations have some functionality crossover.
But aside from this approach you can't meet or exceed the performance of ANY of the other PURPOSE BUILT devices out there while even comming close to the others. As "Scott" so eloquently put it...

" Proficiency in one market, necessarily cripples it the other."

Basically the only really compelling thing you could offer the consumer is the chance to make that trade off choice on a day to day basis (ie whenever you go our, you decide how best to oufit you device for the occasion) instead of just once at the time of purchase (ie do you buy an iPod, a PSP, or a DS...).

Now before any of you jump on me about how stupid this idea is and how it will never happen, let me say I agree. It won't. It would still give you a cumbersome slightly ineffectual device (but for slightly different reasons), not mention the fact that making it, puchasing it, making+purchasing all the required accessories would cost a mint. But there is no other way to make a single device that does all these things even as well as it's competitors and can still be defined as vauguely portable (as is I doubt even my fantasy device would realisticaly be any smaller than the PSP...probably more like a Nokia 770 to be honest...)

But it would be cool...]]>Mar 21st 2006 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Mar 21st 2006 1:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Oct 17th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Jun 10th 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/yet-another-microsoft-portable-media-gaming-device-rumor/Nov 19th 2007 11:43AM