Friday, September 3, 2004
Microsoft launched its own version of online music service Thursday. Microsoft said it didn't expect the service to make money. But it is hoping the service will serve as a vehicle for drawing more users to its MSN Web site which help bringing in more advertising revenues.
The test version charge user 99 cents for each song download. The catalog will initially include about 500,000 songs, but the company plans to scale up to more than 1 million songs over the next few weeks.
Microsoft said its service will have a different look and feel, and says a main selling point is that is that songs can be played on more than 70 handheld devices that support its Windows Media format.
A final version of Microsoft's service is expected to be completed in mid-October, Mehdi said.
By: DocMemory
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