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The original buzz was that Windows Media Player 11 would be available in June and there’s been a beta available for download since May in coordination with the joint Microsoft-MTV URGE music service, but now HotFix.net (via Bink.nu) says the wait is nearly over:
Windows Media Player 11 for XP will RTM on September 14th, 2006. We obtained this information from the same very reliable Microsoft source who gave us a dead-on accurate date for the Public Preview of WMP11 a few months back.
This is the XP version of the media player that will be standard with Vista.
September 1st, 2006 at 9:37 AM
[...] There were rumors earlier this month that Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP would ship in September, but if so, they’ll have to work fast because beta 2 was released yesterday - you can download it here. What’s new: In addition to allowing users to download music from MTV Networks’ Urge and a host of other online music services, Microsoft also has added eMusic, VidZone and Music Giants stores to Windows Media Player 11. This brings the total number of online stores that a user can access from within the software to 14. [...]