wow that is the worst portable gaaming device i have ever scene nice button layout im sure it would make it quite easy to play halo on in other words FAKE that might be a microsoft ipod idea but its definatley no portable xbox

Yaaaa that thing is really ugly not even because it has the Microsoft name on it its just really really ugly. I hope they agleast change the design of it a little because it looks like one of those keychain little tetris game machines u buy at walmart of toys r us =/.

I'm excited for this as I'm hoping there will finally be a decent mp3 player out in the market. Yet, I can't see MS doing this.



Features I want in an mp3 player:

1. Large drive to store a complete collection of music (60gb is suffice)

2. True Drag'n'Drop into folder functionallity, ie. nothing that relies on iTunes/WMP etc. This coupled with a database to make file searching much faster, and allow searching by genre and so on.

3. Compact and sturdy. The iPod is very compact, but is fragile as hell, can't even keep it your pocket with any other item.

4. A good scrolling device. The scroll wheel is good, scroll bars aren't, neither are buttons for scrolling.



I, like most people, aren't that fussed by video playing abilities in mp3 players. Everybody thinks it's a cool feature at first, but then never uses it again. Just stick to building a device for its intended use (music!).



While I'm on the matter, why does every screen have to be colour on mp3 players? A high-contrast black&white OLED display would not only look awesome (white on pure black), it would be much easier to read, save battery life, allow for the screen to be on permanantly when playing music and bring down the cost of the unit. Please, electronics companies - get a clue!!!

The Microsoft device you're talking about is the Oragami. After much hype during development, it was released not long ago to little fanfare as the newly named MS Ultra-Mobile PC line (and you thought Wii was bad!).



These devices run a modified form of XP Tablet Edition, and are produced by several companies. There was an article just yesterday about the Samsung model.



These devices are sized inbetween a PDA and a laptop, but priced more than a top of the range PDA + a top of the range laptop combined, are limited in power and battery life. But they do have a nice large touch screen.



Trust Microsoft to screw up a heavily hyped product launch. I predict that this mp3 device will be no different.

Um maybe it might not play xbox games maybe it does, but who says the final product will actually look like that and also when I see people being skepticle about stuff like this it ticks me off to think you dont want them to release such features to further lessen people's expectations about future technology. "If you want something, you have to want it." - Jonttu