Microsoft Spotify clone delayed

That Microsoft streaming music service should be out by now. Yes, I’d forgotten too, but T3 reminded me:

News broke in July that the titan was planning a free music service, and that it would adorn our PCs at the end of July. It’s now the 1st of August and we’re still waiting

Oh dear! Looks like it might not be around for some time, if this comment is anything to go by:

A Microsoft spokesperson noted “In the coming months, MSN [Microsoft’s news and entertainment portal] is planning a new music service in beta via its [MSN] Music channel in the UK. At this stage we won’t be confirming the details behind this but more information will be available soon and will be communicated in due course.”

That sounds like a project that’s not even near completion. All begs the question: why did they say it would be out in a month?

T3 themselves point out that Microsoft’s iPod killer, Zune, took ages (and ages) to eventually surface. And didn’t kill the iPod. Not even a dead leg.