Talk of a Microsoft iPod rival has been doing the rounds since March and recently surfaced again 
last month. Well, as Goldfinger told James Bond, “Once is happenstance,. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”…Again it is one of the news heavyweights poking around too with Reuters referencing ‘sources close to the matter’ who claim a wireless digital music and video player will be in stores for Chrimbo. These slack lipped chaps further boast content will be downloadable through an iTunes rivalling piece of software which Microsoft is touting to music labels as we speak.
Even more ambitiously, rumours are abound that Microsoft will go all out for Apple by offering iTunes users free duplication of any movies or music they have already purchased so they don’t feel skittish about swapping over. Such as move would cost Gate’s boys millions but – as it proved with the Xbox 360 – the company is prepared to take significant hits to crash seemingly closed markets. TrustedReviews - Xmas Release For Microsoft iPod Rival?