Gates Not Scared of iPod

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"I guess Steve's kids just listen to Bach and Mozart," Businessweek quotes Microsoft's Latest News about Microsoft Bill Gates when asked why his company is making handheld gadgets that play video as well as music, while Apple Latest News about Apple has so far spurned the idea to stick with its music iPods.

"We don't think people have a burning desire to watch video on tiny little screens," Apple's Steve Jobs, a longtime Gates nemesis, was quoted as saying earlier. Gates retorted that his kids "want to watch Finding Nemo," which of course was made by Jobs' Pixar Latest News about Pixar Animation Studios.

"I don't know who made that, but it's a really neat movie," Gates was said to have quipped.
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The asides were made in conjunction with Microsoft's launch of the company's new portable video players, made for it by Samsung Latest News about Samsung and others. The device will also allow its users to purchase and manage music with its Windows Relevant Products/Services from InterLand Business Hosting Services Media Player.

Gates was quoted as saying that there is nothing that the iPod does that makes him stop to say, "Oh, wow, I don't think we can do that."

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Source: MacNewsWorld