Scrappleface has the "real scoop" on Microsoft's new iPod killer.
Apple Computer executives scrambled yesterday to put the best spin on devastating news that arch rival Microsoft will soon launch a competitor to the iPod, tentatively dubbed Windows ME2Pod.
While Apple's iconic mp3 player currently owns a 77 percent share of the market for such devices, industry experts with contractual obligations to Microsoft warned that the Windows ME2Pod could quickly become the dominant player.
History tells us that Microsoft does beter as a ‘market maker’, than a ‘follower’. So, I suspect they will stay away from the I-pod, but don’t be surprised if they come up with something that does a million other things including playing music… a category killer as it were…