Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 will have the ability to interface with the iPod, allowing users to simply plug their portable player in to the games console to play songs through it.

In an interview with Microsoft's official Xbox site, Barry Steinglass, product manager for Xbox 360, claimed that "you can also store music on your PC and stream it to Xbox 360, or you can stream it from any portable media player, a Rio Carbon, or an iPod."

Steinglass indicated that the iPod could plug directly into the console, rather than streaming its content from a connected PC.

Xbox 360 is due to ship in time for the 2005 holiday season.

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