Microsoft developing Microsoft-branded competitor to Apple iPod?

“SG Cowen reiterated a positive investment opinion on Microsoft, citing increased confidence in the company’s revenue acceleration in fiscal 2006 and 2007. ‘We see upside relative to the market of 15% or more over the next six to 12 months,’ SG Cowen analyst Drew Brosseau wrote in a note to investors,” David Ng reports for Forbes.

“The research firm said Microsoft’s revenue is poised to accelerate starting in the December quarter on the back of two key product cycles, the Xbox 360 and SQL Server 2005,” Ng reports.

Ng reports, “SG Cowen added that Microsoft could be developing a branded competitor to the Apple Computer iPod.”

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews reader “heymike” for the link.]
PlaysForS–t? If true, one has to wonder how Microsoft’s loyal WMA-supporting “partners” like Creative, iRiver, Sony, Archos, etc. would react to the news. And, even if released tomorrow, wouldn’t such a product from Microsoft be way too late in the game?

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