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dang
02-17-2006, 11:40 AM
Checkout our latest featured article: Imagining the Next Big Thing: What Replaces the iPod? (http://news.designtechnica.com/featured_article47.html)
ECA
02-17-2006, 11:59 AM
the only things to remember:
IPOD wasnt the FIRST mp3 player, and STILL dont play MP3.

there are ALREADY other devices out there, and the only THING Apple does, is make a better environment, and software..
jtfields
02-17-2006, 12:16 PM
the only things to remember:
IPOD wasnt the FIRST mp3 player, and STILL dont play MP3.

there are ALREADY other devices out there, and the only THING Apple does, is make a better environment, and software..

Lots of companies have become the dominant market leader for products that they didn't invent. Whether or not the iPod was the first or is the only MP3 player is irrelevant. What is relevant is that they OWN the MP3 player market (at least for now.)

I don't understand your "STILL dont play MP3" remark. The iPod plays MP3's exceptionally well.
ECA
02-17-2006, 12:28 PM
but they store them in there OWN format..AAC.. They may convert an MP3 to Their format, but I havent seen them play MP3..
jtfields
02-17-2006, 01:31 PM
but they store them in there OWN format..AAC.. They may convert an MP3 to Their format, but I havent seen them play MP3..

You're incorrect. MP3's are stored on the iPod as MP3's. No converson of any kind takes place. Thats why they call it an "MP3 player."
ECA
02-17-2006, 04:13 PM
http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html

But unless you SET IT, to transfer Mp3, Itunes will encode in AAC...and how many persons KNOW this??
Ioman
02-17-2006, 09:11 PM
ECA common man, you are so wrong here. Sure if you buy the songs from iTunes they are in AAC format, but if you already have them in MP3 they stay in that format. MSN Music is the same way, they sell everything in WMA format too.
ECA
02-17-2006, 09:32 PM
but dont itube convert it to aac as it sends to Ipod....
jtfields
02-17-2006, 09:34 PM
but dont itube convert it to aac as it sends to Ipod....

No, it doesn't.
neuroking
02-17-2006, 09:57 PM
iTunes is set to encode to AAC by default, if you use it to encode your CDs. But, it plays MP3s natively and that encoding option can be set to MP3s, too.

I will never buy a proprietary format only player. That has kept me from buying any Sony players...
Ioman
02-18-2006, 09:57 AM
Ditto here too.