Re: Re: iTunes protected content as only source

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.apple.com/ipod/accessories.html



Chris Hunter wrote:

> I'm sure I've read of Apple doing an FM radio add-on for iPods ...
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> Chris
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> Richard Boreham wrote:
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>>>>This is exactly why I will *never* own an Ipod or use
Itunes, give me a
>>>>real "MP3" player anyday. You effectively NEVER
actually own the music
>>>>you've bought, your just renting of them at a very
extortionate rate. I=
f
>>>>I go out and buy the physical CD then I can rip it MP3 or
play it on
>>>>*any* CD player I choose etc. If I rip it MP3 and store on
my PC and th=
e
>>>>PC blows up, I can simply rip it again. If, on the other
hand, I buy it
>>>>(with DRM) then it only plays on the m/c I've downloaded it
on and if
>>>>the file gets corrupt or deleted (or the PC blows up or
gets upgraded)
>>>>then you end up having to buy it again (this has happened
to a friend o=
f
>>>>mine..). I wouldn't mind so much if the cost was
significantly cheaper
>>>>but it seems to me that buying the physical CD is far
better value for
>>>>money!
>>>>
>>>></rant mode>
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>>>>Marcus
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>>>Thing is, is there a "real" MP3 player that is as
sexy as an iPod Video =
and
>>>does everything an iPod Video does (and ideally with an FM
radio too)...
>>>
>>>...I've long been tempted by an iPod - more so since the iPod
Video came
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>>out
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>>>- but it has been the lack of a radio (yes, I listen to radio)
that has =
put
>>>me off buying one (or the lack of a sexy alternative to the
iPod video).
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>> Well... there is a range of "real" MP3 players that are
as sexy and do
>>everything that the iPods do... They are, of course, iPods ;-)=20
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>>I use an iPod for mobile music and iTunes to load stuff onto it but
that'=
s
>>about it.  All my music is ripped to MP3 at 320kbits for in-house
>>distribution and iTunes is pointed at that library so I use MP3 on
the iP=
od.
>>Interestingly, iTunes seems to work well as a podcast interface so
I use
>>that to download podcasts and sync with the iPod.  I then point the
house
>>audio at that library and easily and neatly have podcasts available
for t=
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>>house.=20=20
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>>I never (and never will) use iTunes to buy music for all the
reasons note=
d
>>about protection.  Still buy CDs (usually never more than about
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>>on-line) for all the reasons noted.=20=20
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>>Yes, it would be good to have radio on the iPod but maybe we will
have to
>>wait for some form of a 'wireless network' version that will allow
for
>>streamed radio!=20=20
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>>So... no need to reject the 'best' MP3 player (and ducks) out there
just
>>because of Apples on-line sales approach.  Oh, and, I'll probably
keep on
>>using Windows too.  :-))=20
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>>Richard
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