Go to one of Microsoft's Xbox 360 press demos and there's a good chance there will be an Apple iPod or Sony PSP around, because you can connect them and use iPod songs along with your games. However, it can't handle protected music files from iTMS. CNet reports:
"We do not have an official relationship with Apple for the iPod connectivity," said Scott Henson, product unit manager in Microsoft's advanced technology group. He maintains that "Xbox 360 leverages standard protocols such as USB mass storage to enable iPod support."
Henshaw said Microsoft tried to "engage" Apple in a partnership that would have officially made the iPod interoperable with Xbox, but Apple rejected the overture. "So we went in and built all of the support we could."
