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Bill Gates speaks out about music playback in Windows Mobile devices October 14, 2004 [General] | By Edward J. R. If there have been any doubts as if Apple iPod is a direct competitor to Microsoft technologies, these doubts no longer exist. Here are some quotes from Bill's speech: BILL GATES: We're a big believer that supporting multiple business models for music downloading makes sense. We think the subscription approach that we've enabled on portable devices for the first time with our work with partners, we think that will be very important. We also think that licensing singles or albums will fit in and be very complementary to that. And so it's our commitment that that subscription capability will span all of these different devices, and give you that way of getting at your music. SEAN ALEXANDER: Bill, you know, though, a lot of people have mobile devices such as Smartphones, and Pocket PCs, these devices have become practically indispensable for their ability to go ahead and track their contacts, their calendar, e-mail even browse the web. But we wanted to take that a step further today, and take the Media Player 10 experience, and bring that to a whole new category of devices. That's absolutely right, over time we think the phone would be one of the devices that you want your music on. And it should be as simple as taking a few playlists, and it all can be right there. This AT&T Wireless phone that Audiovox has put together provides that music player built in right now. And so it's really simple, in fact, I'll hand this to Sean so he can show us how you call up the music. SEAN ALEXANDER: Sure. Bill this is the first phone to have Windows Media Player 10 Mobile built right into it. You can buy this at retail today at an AT&T Wireless store, and you'll get the complete experience. I can synch this right from my Windows Media Player 10 library, transfer over my music, my photos, my video, even record a TV directly to this device. And you'll also notice that I even get album art right on it as well. And just to give you an example, you can hear a little bit of the device here playing. But the key thing to remember here is that it also comes with a set of headphones, so you're able to have a great listening experience, single device, works with all the music stores, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile. BILL GATES: Another example that fits in with this total choice is the idea of bringing the Windows Media Player to the Pocket PC. This is a new Pocket PC which is actually the Dell X-50, a very sleek form factor here, and it's simply got the Media Player built in. So, again, we have a category of devices that millions and millions of these are sold a year that fit in with whatever music, photos, and videos you have, they all can play on that device. To read full text of Bill's chatting with Sean Alexander, click here.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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