Our esteemed colleagues at Engadget seem to have scooped the first look at Microsoft's Argo PMP, which ruffled a few Mac feathers when I reported on it yesterday.I have to say, it looks nice; the 16:9 screen looks like it'll top the current 'video-capable' iPod (or the 'widescreen' iPod, which doesn't look like it'll be released any time soon), and while the controls look a bit on the iPod-ish side, the whole thing does have a nice, simple look to it.
If anything, it promises several things; to match the iPod in terms of a credible media player, to work in conjunction with an online music download service, it has wif-fi, it's rumoured to work with the Xbox 360, it offers a 16:9 aspect ratio for video -- and more importantly, it's not an iPod. I'll not hold my breath waiting to see if it has a video line-in, but you never know.
And remember folks -- competition is healthy, even if it does come from the guy with the bigger boat.
1. I totally agree with your 'competition' comment. Though I think the 'bigger boats' may end up being Nokia and Samsung. I hope this is the fabled Microsoft Argo, it looks almost exactly like something you'd expect them to design - cheap and cheerful, let's hope it really is cheap! (^_^)
Also, are you sure that's not a 4:3 display?
Posted at 7:17PM on Jul 11th 2006 by James