Microsoft's iPod-Killer: Portable Media Center?

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Microsoft's Portable Media Center

Microsoft's Portable Media Center 10/29/2003 03:28 AM
Microsoft plans to launch software for a new portable media device next year. The device will allow users to listen to music and watch movies on the road. Microsoft hopes the software, called "Portable Media Center," will be an answer to Apple's iPod music device, which is currently the best selling digital music device on the market. The Portable Media Center will be manufactured by Creative, Sanyo and Samsung, and will be on store shelves for the second half of 2004.

Microsoft's Media2Go becomes Portable
Media Center

Microsoft's Media2Go becomes Portable
Media Center 10/29/2003 01:14 AM
Media2Go, Microsoft's new operating system for personal video players, isn't called Media2Go anymore. From now on the software will be known as Portable Media Center. Now we know it's tough to let go of the old name that we had all gotten so attached to, but if it's any consolation, the first Portable Media Centers should start appearing from ViewSonic, Creative, iRiver, Samsung, and Sanyo sometime in the second half of next year. Read [Via eHomeUpgrade]...

Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF)

Windows Media Center Extender and
Portable Media Center Fact Sheets (PDF) 01/08/2004 07:34 PM

• Windows Media Center Extender (1.8 MB)
• Introducing Portable Media Centers (569 KB)

Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10

Creative's Zen Portable Media Center
with Windows Media Player 10 09/01/2004 08:55 PM
Review: Microsoft readies its next Windows Media Player as hardware makers start to ship portable video players. We look at the Creative Zen Portable Media Center as a prime early example. In wooing content producers, has Microsoft imposed too many shackles on users?

Microsoft's iPod Killer?

Microsoft's iPod Killer? 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
A few weeks ago, news.com reported on Microsoft's iPod killer: a portable device that can handle both audio and video. The device is roughly twice as heavy, three times as thick and twice as long as an iPod though. "Killer"? I don't think so. Not only will it be too bulky to easily carry around with you, I also don't... (466 words)

More on the Portable Media Center

More on the Portable Media Center 09/04/2004 03:13 AM

What A Portable Media Center Might Look
Like

What A Portable Media Center Might Look
Like 07/01/2004 05:19 PM

Getting ready for Portable Media Center

Getting ready for Portable Media Center 01/06/2004 02:07 AM
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter article about Portable Media Center, Microsoft's new operating system that should start showing up in personal video and audio players from Samsung,...

LG PM70 Portable Media Center

LG PM70 Portable Media Center 03/19/2005 02:45 AM

Infosync has details of an as-yet-unreleased Portable Media Center device from LG, that looks a lot like the DVX-POD 7010, except that it's an actual Windows-branded unit. The first generation of PMC devices were crippled, in my experience, by their need to transcode every type of file into Windows Media versions before copying it to the unit. That made for needlessly long transfer times and really killed the devices usefulness for anyone not totally on board with Windows' codecs. J0rgen lists all sorts of file formats on the LG PM70, though, so if it can really play OGG Vorbis and Xvid natively, they might have a winner (this is presuming the market for portable video players won't be steamrolled by the PSP).

Preview: LG PM70 [InfoSync]

PC Mag on iRiver's PMC-120 Portable
Media Center

PC Mag on iRiver's PMC-120 Portable
Media Center 09/03/2004 04:28 PM
Engadget Sep 3 2004 7:58PM GMT

Portable Media Center - An Overview

Portable Media Center - An Overview 09/23/2004 01:33 PM
Channel 9 have posted a great video of the new Portable Media Center's. The video is an overview of the devices from Brett Bentsen (Product Unit Manager of PMCs).

Portable Media Centers allow you to have all of your favorite video, music, and pictures wherever you are. At WinHEC earlier this year, I personally demo'd the Creative Zen Portable Media Center and it was rather impressive. The ability to store all your entertainment on a device that has a good battery life (8 hours) and one that can output films/TV recordings onto a TV is the unique selling point of the PMCs. PMCs are likely to be a huge hit with kids and teens wanting to watch their favourite TV shows whilst travelling.

If you're still not sure what the PMC is or are interested in the devices then check out this great overview below!

Video: A look at the Portable Media Center
View: More Information on Portable Media Centers

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Brett Bentsen - A look at the Portable
Media Center

Brett Bentsen - A look at the Portable
Media Center 09/23/2004 10:32 AM
Here's a look at Microsoft's new Portable Media Center with Brett Bentsen, product unit manager of the team that built the Portable Media Center.

Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed

Microsoft Portable Media Center Reviewed 08/27/2004 01:22 PM
Slashdot Aug 27 2004 1:43AM GMT

Creative Portable Media Center Skewered

Creative Portable Media Center Skewered 07/17/2004 12:54 PM

If you'd like to read a review of the Creative Portable Media Center with "so much added (and useless) commentary that Gizmodo would be ashamed to publish it," ExtremeTech has a very unpositive, baseball-centric review. While I don't think that portable media centers are going to crash and burn, necessarily (although the ones hobbled by DRM might), I do think it's amusing for a company to promote products that are most easily (and most commonly) used by those that use Bit Torrent and other copyright-infringement tools, while with the other hand selling DRM systems to the television, movie, and music industries.
Re ad - Another Dumb Idea from Microsoft [ExtremeTech via eHomeUpgrade]

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Amazon Launches Portable Media Center Page, Preorders for Samsung Yepp YH-999, Creative Labs Zen [Gizmodo]

New Microsoft Portable Media Center, Why
Not Just Use a Pocket PC?

New Microsoft Portable Media Center, Why
Not Just Use a Pocket PC? 07/11/2004 06:20 PM
bargainPDA.com Jul 11 2004 9:07PM GMT

Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable
Media Center

Amazon to take pre-orders for Portable
Media Center 07/09/2004 01:46 AM
CNET Jul 9 2004 5:47AM GMT

Amazon ready for Portable Media Center

Amazon ready for Portable Media Center 07/09/2004 11:43 AM
ZDNet Jul 9 2004 3:42PM GMT

Gates promotes portable media center at
CES

Gates promotes portable media center at
CES 01/06/2005 04:26 AM
ZDNet Jan 6 2005 8:50AM GMT

Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center?

Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center? 09/10/2004 08:46 AM
Sympatico Sep 10 2004 1:13PM GMT

Microsoft's Portable Media Players Begin
Shipping

Microsoft's Portable Media Players Begin
Shipping 09/02/2004 02:12 AM
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday will announce that the first third-party Portable Media Center media players will hit the streets.

Sneak preview of Samsung's Portable
Media Center

Sneak preview of Samsung's Portable
Media Center 07/03/2004 01:45 PM
Michael Creasy points to pictures of Samsung's upcoming Portable Media Center:

Portable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today

Portable Media Center Devices Arrive
Today 09/02/2004 04:04 PM

Microsoft's Portable Media Center is set to release today. Digital Media Thoughts reports that two units, the Samsung Yepp (pictured here) and the Creative Labs Zen are already listed at Amazon.

These are neat little doo-dads, but it seems like a device for a pretty small niche. You'd need to have a long commute to get any mileage out of one of these things. If you're an air traveler, you probably already own a laptop that can do most of this stuff for you. Call me a curmudgeon, but unless the price falls significantly, I don't really see these taking off.

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Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters)

Amazon to Take Pre-Orders for Portable
Media Center (Reuters) 07/08/2004 11:48 PM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O) said on Thursday that online Web shopping site Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O) will begin taking orders for Portable Media Centers, a new line of portable devices for listening to music and viewing video content.

ActiveWin.com: Creative Portable Media
Center Photos & Screenshots

ActiveWin.com: Creative Portable Media
Center Photos & Screenshots 01/09/2004 09:57 PM
We have posted up screenshots and photos of the new Creative Portable Media Center that Microsoft debuted at CES. Check it out!

Benq Ditches Microsoft's Media Center

Benq Ditches Microsoft's Media Center 06/01/2004 02:00 PM
Digital Connect News Jun 1 2004 5:43PM GMT

Amazon Launches Portable Media Center
Page, Preorders for Samsung Yepp YH-999,
Creative Labs Zen

Amazon Launches Portable Media Center
Page, Preorders for Samsung Yepp YH-999,
Creative Labs Zen 07/10/2004 12:45 PM

They aren't shipping yet, but it looks like Amazon has set up their Personal Media Center page to promote both the Samsung Yepp YH-999 [pictured] and the Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center. While there's not a whole lot of information about the devices that you haven't already heard, but if you're itching to pick either one up you can pre-order can get it shipped as soon as they hit our shores. If you purchase the Samsung instead of the Creative, you can save a whole eleven cents!

Links and more inside.

VBox Announces Support for Microsoft's
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

VBox Announces Support for Microsoft's
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 04/19/2004 11:03 AM
VBox Communications, a private company partially held by Optibase (Nasdaq:OBAS), a leading provider of digital broadcast receivers, today announced support for PCs running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 in its latest generation of Digital TV ATSC cards, DTA-150 and DTA-151. DTA150 and DTA151 for use with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004. VBox DTA150 and DTA151 cards when operated with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 enable the users to watch and record Digital High Definition television using the PC. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 is available pre-installed on Media Center PCs and delivers advanced computing, plus easy-to-use integrated digital entertainment including live and recorded television, movies, music, photos and radio. The customer's digital media is all in one place, accessible on either a PC monitor or television display, using a single remote control.

HP unveils its iPod, entertainment media
center

HP unveils its iPod, entertainment media
center 08/27/2004 03:50 PM
MIAMI BEACH - Hewlett-Packard (HP) is hot about what it considers a consumer revolution in digital media, and on Friday the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina selected a chic club here in Miami Beach to unveil a raft of consumer electronic devices, including HP's version of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod, and pledge her company's commitment to this market.

Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House

Microsoft Windows Media Center Extender
Technology Delivers Digital
Entertainment and the Media Center
Experience to Any Screen in the House 01/08/2004 07:35 PM
This evening during his keynote address at the 2004 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled Windows® Media Center Extender Technology. The software will power a new generation of products that will extend the Media Center Edition PC experience allowing consumers to access their favorite digital entertainment, such as live and recorded television, photos, movies, and music that reside on their Windows XP Media Center Edition PC, from any room in the home -- regardless of where the PC is located. Media Center Extender Technology will not only provide access to rich content and services, but will enable devices throughout the home to utilize the full processing and storage capabilities of the PC creating new opportunities for services and providing unprecedented choice and access to content for consumers

Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005

Premio Introduces Media Center PC with
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center
Edition 2005 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
Premio Computer, Inc. today announced the Premio Media Center PC. Preinstalled with Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005, the Premio Media Center is a versatile, comprehensive solution for media and home entertainment applications [PRWEB Dec 15, 2004]

NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight"

NewsGator Media Center Edition Featured
in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
"Online Spotlight" 06/04/2004 12:40 PM

NewsGator Offering in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Enables Users to Read Selected Content, or Watch On-Demand Video Content

DENVER, CO - June 4, 2004 - Today, NewsGator Technologies announced that the recently launched NewsGator Media Edition is featured in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004's "Online Spotlight," an online guide created specifically for Media Center Edition PC customers that offers a central location for them to find the latest third-party services and software, such as music, movie trailers, news updates and even Karaoke.

NewsGator provides a mechanism for Media Center PC users to easily find NewsGator software and services online, without having to separately download anything from the NewsGator web site. Both text and multimedia content is supported, and information that has not already been viewed on another device can be displayed by synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.

"We're excited to be included in Online Spotlight - this will dramatically increase our visibility to the many thousands of Media Center PC users," said Greg Reinacker, President & Founder of NewsGator Technologies.

NewsGator Media Center Edition is included as part of NewsGator Online Services. NewsGator Online Services includes three other content reader editions, which allow users to read content they have subscribed to from any web browser (with Web Edition), any email client (with POP Edition), and from a mobile wireless device (with Mobile Edition), which is a powerful feature for road warriors who use mobile devices to access information while on the road. The service also provides exclusive, subscriber-only content to its subscribers, as well as the ability to search for content that matches a specific keyword or URL, and return that content in a feed. NewsGator Online Services pricing starts at $5.95/month per user.

"Media Center PCs allow consumers to have faster and more efficient access to all of their favorite digital content when, where, and how they want," said Brad Brooks, Director of Marketing at Microsoft Corp. "With the NewsGator Media Center Edition, NewsGator Technologies is delivering a complementary and innovative service that will let Media Center Edition PC users easily access their customized choice of news services."

More about NewsGator Media Center Edition

This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any device, without duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it.

In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops

In the Charts: Media Center 2005 PCs
Take Center Stage Among Desktops 12/29/2004 11:54 AM
This month's Top 15 Desktop PCs chart highlights two trends: the emergence of powerful new gaming systems that have sophisticated style, and the rapidly growing selection of Media Center PCs, which expand PC-based home entertainment beyond gaming. Examples of the former are two new Athlon-fueled machines that sit atop the power section of our chart: Alienware's Aurora 64 FX-55 and ABS's Ultimate M5-64. Both of these systems are visually appealing without shouting "I'm just for games." Not only are they the two fastest systems on the chart, but they also produced outstanding sound with their high-end Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 cards and their 5.1-channel Logitech speakers (the X-530 and the Z-680, respectively).

Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center

Microsoft puts the "center" in Media
Center 01/08/2004 07:06 PM
A new line of linked Media Center devices promise to cost quite a bit of money.

Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check

Kerry’s Partisan Partners in Smearing
Bush -- 02/17/2004 - Media Research
Center - Media Reality Check 02/18/2004 05:11 AM
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HP's iPod Killer To Be... The iPod

HP's iPod Killer To Be... The iPod 01/08/2004 08:41 PM
While everyone else is scrambling around trying to design an iPod killer, the folks over at HP figured why bother? They've gone and licensed the technology directly from Apple and will start selling their own branded version of the iPod - complete with iTunes. This is a bit surprising, because you'd expect HP to just sign up for a Microsoft-supported product instead. Still, any bets on whether or not this device will be called the HPod?

Microsoft's Portable Ploy

Microsoft's Portable Ploy 07/09/2004 03:09 PM
Plus, Rigases off to jail, GE's optimistic, and save like it's 2004.

Why There Will Be No iPod Killer -- Ever

Why There Will Be No iPod Killer -- Ever 03/30/2005 11:33 AM

Why? Because it look slike the whole consumer electronics industry is now trying to "kill" the iPod instead of inventing something of their own. By Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

Which One is the iPod Killer?

Which One is the iPod Killer? 09/17/2004 10:22 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 18 2004 1:50AM GMT

Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center

Promixis LLC, Releases NetRemote 1.1
Featuring MediaBridge 2.0, Expanding
Wireless Control of Users' Digital Music
Collection to Windows Media Player,
iTunes, Winamp and J. River Media Center 06/17/2005 03:26 PM
Promixis LLC today announced the immediate availability of NetRemote 1.1 featuring Media Bridge 2.0 at its website: http://www.promixis.com. NetRemote allows users to wirelessly view and control playback of their digital media using Windows Media Player, iTunes, J. River Media Center and Winamp. NetRemote runs on Windows and Pocket PCs. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
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