what do you think of the Microsoft Portable Media Center

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Microsoft Portable Media Center (aka Media2Go) was announced at CES 2003, but this is from a current article in SeattlePI:

“The Microsoft Portable Media Center with a 40-gigabyte hard drive is expected to hold up to 175 hours of video, 10,000 songs or 100,000 pictures, using Windows Media audio and video files. … will store and play back video, music and photos.”

We apparently wanted to see them in stores for the recent holiday season but, as I didn’t see one in MY stocking, I can only assume they slipped. J

Is this the future of portable entertainment devices? If I think about how I use my Creative Nomad Zen, I don’t know if I would use a PMC in the same way. It’s a little big and a little heavy to carry around or to fit in my car. Sure – having a screen for displaying video and pictures is kinda cool, but will I use it often enough to justify the size and weight of the device? I rarely use my xda for video or pictures. Maybe that’s just me. [via Slashdot]