[-dustin]

Apple/iTunes lawsuit:

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=Infotech&oid=66201

and them flash-based iPods are supposed to be announced today (it's thursday, right?)

 

[syadasti]

and them flash-based iPods are supposed to be announced today (it's thursday, right?)

I would like to see how they claim that is innovative. The first commerical mp3player ever (from Diamond/Rio) was a flash-based player and it came out in the 90s...

 

[binary visions]

I would like to see how they claim that is innovative. The first commerical mp3player ever (from Diamond/Rio) was a flash-based player and it came out in the 90s...

...and I had one, at a whopping 16mb

 

[JRB]

I am going to sue the next person I see scratching their balls.

 

[-dustin]

i don't think they're claiming it's innovative. just cheaper than a HD based iPod with the Apple name and look. that'll be enough to capture many folks. i also read that the iPod mini was gonna get bumped to 5Gs to avoid clashing with the 1 and 2G flash-based iPods.

 

[syadasti]

i don't think they're claiming it's innovative. just cheaper than an iPod with the Apple name and look. that'll be enough to capture many folks.

Yay for the ignorant masses

 

[mobius]

Hey george mason thats where i goto school. btw who gives a **** if they were forced to buy the best mp3 player out

 

[Konabumm]

sue me then

 

[JRB]

sue me then

I can't see you doing it. Now if I had said, "I'm going to sue the next dumb ass that posts up about some hot chick with garters on RM and then provides no pics", then you would have been in danger.

 

[MtnBikerChk]

"Lawsuit claims Apple violates law with iTunes

SAN FRANCISCO - An unhappy iTunes on-line music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc., alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed. "

Unless you are on a MAC, the only thing that ITUNES freezes is Windows. SOOO many people have problems with it. If my ipod worked with Napster, I'd use that instead - so what's he complaining about?

 

[Konabumm]

here we go again
there is more to the story now

 

[syadasti]

"Lawsuit claims Apple violates law with iTunes

SAN FRANCISCO - An unhappy iTunes on-line music store customer is suing Apple Computer Inc., alleging the company broke antitrust laws by only allowing iTunes to work with its own music player, the iPod, freezing out competitors, court filings showed. "

Unless you are on a MAC, the only thing that ITUNES freezes is Windows. SOOO many people have problems with it. If my ipod worked with Napster, I'd use that instead - so what's he complaining about?

Itunes actually works with a very small portion of other players but does for the most part lock out other users and controls 80% of the market which is why he is claiming its a monopoly...

Not to mention they locked Real's music content out the iPod with a recent firmware update which is a monopolistic practice...