Microsoftov Xboy se počasi razkriva ..

[Anduril]

Se pojavlja po večih straneh in forumih v zadnjih časih ..

Rumors of a portable gaming device from Microsoft have been flowing unabated since late last year, when it was speculated that Xbox co-founder J Allard may be at the helm of Microsoft's effort to challenge Apple's iPod as well as portable consoles from Nintendo and Sony with one device. Last week, news sources reported on alleged music capabilities and services that Microsoft may plan to offer. Today, The Seattle Times dug up some more details about the portable device, which is apparently codenamed Argo after Jason's mythological ship.

According to Seattle Times writer Brier Dudley, Argo will indeed be a gaming device and will make use of Microsoft's XNA standard, intended to streamline cross-platform game development--provided, of course, the platforms in question are from Microsoft. Argo will also reportedly have wi-fi capability out of the box, no surprise given the feature is standard in both Nintendo DS and PSP.

Dudley also claims that Argo is not one product, but rather an ambitious line of Xbox-branded portable electronic devices and software products. This would suggest that the alleged product shot revealed today most likely does not depict a gaming unit, with its vertically oriented screen and distinct shortage of buttons.

Interestingly, Microsoft has not shied away from the portable gaming arena. So far, the company has supported Nintendo portables by way of first and third party developers. Microsoft-owned Rare has announced its support for Nintendo DS, and Backbone Entertainment's upcoming DS title MechAssault: Phantom War is based on a Microsoft-owned property and branded with the Microsoft Game Studios logo. It is unknown how heavily Microsoft plans to invest in the portable market as a platform holder, whether the company will indeed target core gamers, or whether it attempt to make further inroads into the casual market as it has done with its Xbox Live Arcade and MSN Games brands.

In še ta fotka:

[CWIZO]

Men tale fotka deluje kot mal pofotoshopan iPod...

[lukidd]

x-boy?WTF?

a to kunkoenca PSP-ju, Ipodu, pa DS-u? (vsenm skupaj)

[ksiMacro]

Yup...

Baje bodo kenslali z Wi-fi-jem, katerega iPod ni zmozen in prisili uporabnike na oziceno aginijo!

[RaZoR]

Tole kar je na sliki zgoraj je Microsoft-ov xboy oz. Microsoft Zune.

[Davodax]

ampak je namenjen predvsem muzikam, slikam in videom. koliko sem bral na netu, so se vsi pritoževali nad zanič prenašanjem muzik iz kompa na Zune.

Tako da je o igrah bore malo govora

[RIDDICK]

Zune = mp3 player, ki dela konkurenco iPodu

Ima vgrajen nek wirelles in omogoča pošiljanje muzik iz enega zuna na drugega....ima tudi Microsoft Marketplace, v katerem lahko downlodate muzike, vendar rabite točke kot je to potrebno za Xbox Live

Ima mislim da malo večji enkran od iPoda in nekateri pravijo da je veliko boljša zadeva od iPoda....Saj meni tudi deluje in zgleda dosti boljše...

[Cloud]

Ampak ta wirelles je zanic....drugac nemors povedat. Res je, da si lahko s prijateljem/ico, kompanjom pošiljata muziko, vendar je to potrebno po 3kratnem predvajanju nazalost zbrisat... :doh: Avtorske pravica, pac.