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: LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is preparing to roll out a
: portable digital music player later this year, an apparent bid to capture a
: slice of the market now dominated by the iPod, music industry executives say.
音樂工業執行長說,微軟公司正在今年下半年準備推出一款輕便式數位音樂撥放器,顯然要
分食目前iPod盤據的市場
: The world's largest software maker has been briefing record companies on the
: proposed device that would play digital music and video files and carry
: wireless technology, enabling users to download music without linking to a
: computer, according to executives who spoke on condition of anonymity because
: plans for the player have not been made public.
世界上最大的軟體製造商曾針對這推薦的裝置做出簡短的紀錄(這裡很怪),可以撥放數位
音樂和影像檔案,還附有無線技術,讓使用者不需要連結到電腦就可以下載音樂,這是根據
非公開場合執行長所提到的,因為這項計畫並尚未大眾化
: In addition, Microsoft has engaged in talks to secure licenses to sell digital
: content for the device, the executives said.
執行長說:此外,微軟從事於討論保護版權來販賣裝置中的數位資料檔案
: It was unclear if the company intended to augment its existing online music
: service, MSN Music, or build a new one.
這是不清楚的如果這公司要增加他存在的線上音樂服務,msn音樂或是建立一個新的服務
(這句很怪)
: Sally Julien of Edelman, one of Microsoft's public relations firms, declined
: to comment Thursday.
微軟其中一個公共關係的商號Edelman的Sally Julien星期四拒絕對此評論
: Until now, Microsoft has stayed out of the digital music player market while
: licensing its Windows Media Player technology to Creative Technology Ltd.,
: iRiver Inc., Samsung and other device manufacturers.
直到現在,微軟被排除在數位音樂撥放器市場之外直到正式授權Windows Media Player
技術給Creative Technology Ltd.,iRiver Inc., Samsung和其他裝置的製作商
: But those companies have struggled to compete with Apple Computer Inc.'s line
: of iPods, which have dominated the market partly because of their seamless
: integration with the iTunes Music Store.
但是這些公司艱難地和蘋果電腦的iPods競爭,因為他們和iTunes無縫的整合,佔有了部
分的市場
: IPods account for roughly 80 percent of the portable music player market,
: while iTunes has sold more than a billion tracks since it launched three
: years ago.
iPods佔有80%的隨身聽市場,iTunes自從三年前開始積極投入,已經賣了超過十億的音樂了
: "The combination of the independent manufacturers trying to use the Microsoft
: technology to integrate with independent vendors such as Napster, Yahoo Music
: and Rhapsody ... has resulted in an experience for the consumer that simply
: does not measure up to the experience of the iPod and iTunes," said Phil
: Leigh, an analyst with Inside Digital Media.
內部數位媒體的一位分析師Phil Leigh說到,"這些整合嘗試使用微軟的技術來整合獨立
的販賣者,像是Napster, Yahoo Music和Rhapsody...的廠商的整合造成消費者無法簡單
地衡量iPod和iTunes的經驗"(後面很怪 >"<)
: The stakes for Microsoft extend beyond the online music market, Leigh said.
Leigh說,這些微軟的風險擴張到線上音樂市場
: "It's becoming increasingly evident that video is migrating to the Internet,
: and Apple is getting a lead there as well," Leigh said. "That is a lead that
: Microsoft cannot afford to let them build upon and maintain."
Leigh說,"現在影片也逐漸移到網路上,Apple目前仍是這方面的領導者,那是微軟沒辦法
發展以及維持的"
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