"If it does infringe on the patents, end of story." "I'm just speculating, but I'd be surprised if Apple didn't patent-protect some of the ideas in the iPod," he said. One could almost view it as advertising your closed platform on other peoples' dimes."īrian Ferguson, an intellectual property lawyer with McDermott, Will & Emery in Washington, D.C., said he wasn't familiar with Apple's patent portfolio, but if the iPod is patent-protected – and it likely is – the software may well infringe on the patent. However, another poster called SlashRaid countered, "Spin it how you like, it's an innovative idea. "Everyone can tell it's a fake, and you end up looking like a bigger, trashier idiot." "To whip out an iPaq with iPod-like UI is like wearing a fake Fendi," wrote someone called Stonk on the MacSlash discussion forum.
POCKET PC SOFTWARE FOR MAC MAC
To some Mac fans, the idea of an iPod knockoff running on Microsoft software is deeply offensive. However, the pPod does support memory cards, which can be swapped in and out, offering potentially unlimited storage.
Neither does the pPod software magically enhance the limited storage capacity of most Pocket PCs, which typically have up to 64 MB of internal memory, enough for about a dozen songs. "Bummer that it doesn't, 'cause I've been looking everywhere for a PPC player that will play acc (AAC) files." "I was so excited when I saw this because I thought since it's an iPod player for PPC (Pocket PC), it would play all my iTunes music," wrote Brandon Gomez in a forum discussing the software. The lack of AAC support appears to be a big disappointment to potential users, who are keen to turn their Pocket PCs into mobile players of iTunes songs. It does not support WMA, nor songs downloaded from Apple's popular iTunes Music Store, which are encoded as copy-protected AAC files. The pPod software plays only songs encoded as MP3 files. The price is not the only difference between the real and virtual iPod. "It works exactly the same way, except it's software and it costs $20," said a spokesman for the company, who wished to remain anonymous.
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