http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft's "Argo" / Xbox wireless portable media player 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/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://digg.com/gadgets/Microsoft_s_Argo_Xbox_Wireless_Portable_Media_Player_Revealed!]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
never got an ipod cause i thought it was too cliche(or whatever you call it), but this thing should be cool. and i'm one of the "few" microsoft supporters out there.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
With that out of the way, not bad, not bad.

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and im not an ipod-hater, as i use a nano.

anyways, this looks very cool, and im excited to see the specs]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
The interface seems fairly silly since they have to avoid infringing on Apple's design while still copying it.

marcin, how much more cliche is it to buy into a lookalike 4 years after everyone else bought the real thing?]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
jobs = jobs - 1 ]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
I'm guessing to work around that, the wheel doesn't click. Which means there are two buttons on this thing - play/pause and back.

Now, maybe that's all you need. But what the hell do you do if you want to skip forward??

Anyway, my first reaction to the design of this is that it's one of the better iPod copies I've seen. Though that's probably not a compliment to MS's design team.

My second reaction, though, is that it looks cheap. Spraypainted wheel, ugly black framing that hides the seams inherent to loose production controls. It's a common design trick.

The quality of the photo itself, and the staging, is too good for me to excuse this as a pre-production example. This looks like a PR shot. Not good.
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idiots.

they should have tried harder.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
Here's to hoping that thats not the final design, looks intriguing, but Not elegant.
The lack of next and previous hint that there might be side buttons, which most despise of. But, if thats a good, vibrant screen there Might be a good chance itll compete in the video market.

But probably not. (xbox360 integration would be neat if done right)]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
This thing looks like crap, reminds me of something creative would put out. In the 90's! Zing!]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
I mean, holy shit, it has a circular button thing, it must be ripping off the iPod. Please.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
http://static.flickr.com/72/186755056_546e1dc532.jpg]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
as far as this post, M$ has some more work to do to match the elegant designs that are out there.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
Same with my PSP. About the only thing that doesn't crash that I own is my full-size Apple Powerbook. But hell, that's a Powerbook...

Anyway,

MS better make some user detachable/replaceable batteries for this, though. And this can't be the real handheld. Why would they just throw out an iPod clone?

No Xboy/gaming controls? Multimedia controls by touchscreen? If not, how the hell can you really watch movies with 3 input methods?

If it's wireless, how can it communicate with your 360? The 360 doesn't have Bluetooth... USB connectivity? Ummm, what's diff than my iPod then?

This can't be it. And if MS is just gonna throw out like 3 diff elec. devices, that effort will crash. We ALREADY have that. Give us one unified media/gaming/wireless communication device, no bigger than a PSP, with a good-sized HD and touch screen.

One. Not an Ipod clone & then a PSP clone & then a...]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
And the Xbox branding? I'm sure it has to do with the "Live Anywhere" Microsoft announced. This will probably allow you to download movies from Live and play them on your 360 or on your DAP or whatever.. not to mention whatever music service MS has up their sleave (I reead somewhere that they aren't doing Urge for long once this is out but that could be wrong)]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
You can trust microsoft to make sexy sleek everything. For god's sake, I can't stop looking at my Microsoft DigitalMedia Pro Keyboard. It looks /good/.

Microsoft pays firms millions to design these things, so if this variation (that might not even be a final marketed product) doesn't tickle your fancy, then one of the other ones will. The 360 turned out great, my keyboard is amazing, and Vista's interface is great. I'm not too worried about their ability to make an mp3 player.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
No company would spend millions on this design to put the wheel so low on the device that you can't move it with your thumb one-handedly.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
I likes iPods, i own a 4G, but come on, as soon as someone puts a circular shape on a device, a load of n00bs scream "iPod".]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
Im into this design. I realize that its just an example mock-up. one of several. But Im sure that MS will go with the style from the 360, and thats just fine with me. Im looking forward to further details, and a REAL price war.]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
the wheel is not an IPOD innovation


cant wait for this to be released, price wars would be good for this IPOD maniac industry]]>Jul 10th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
i guess you've never owned a phone made by se? i have. my se t637 is a pos. they can put a 60gb drive in their next p-eleventy billion phone and i'll still pass on it.


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but as mentioned, i support MS, and this product is bound to have more features and functionality then just playing music. thats the main reason i never bought into the ipod. i'm not that big into music, but if the product were to have more functionality such as an OS, i would consider it.

additionally, i dont know if its clear yet but Apple products such as the Nano and MacbookPro are not the best in terms of hardware. this whole idea of Apple breaking the market is not gonna happen if their hardware has defects.

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This is a fake.]]>Jul 10th 2006 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
If not, go back to the drawing board.]]>Jul 10th 2006 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
Please send me a touch-screen operated PMP for my Christmas... Oh yeah, and please let it have sleek curves, an intuitive interface, downloadable Wi-Fi content, X360 interopability, and amazing codec support...

Love,
Your Friend

^Hey, a guy can dream can't he?^]]>Jul 10th 2006 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
Number one.
Can't say the same for the iPod. ]]>Jul 10th 2006 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/
You were not correct, but now you are corrected.]]>Jul 10th 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/Jul 10th 2006 6:17PM