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HP Licenses Apple's iPod & iTMS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

grouchomarxist writes "According to the press release here and this article at Forbes HP is licensing Apple's iPod technology for its own MP3 player and use the iTunes Music Store. 'HP and Apple today announced a strategic alliance to deliver an HP-branded digital music player based on Apple's iPod, the number one digital music player in the world, and Apple's award-winning iTunes digital music jukebox and pioneering online music store to HP's customers.'"

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  1. Hooray Carly! by mekkab · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yet another reason to Love Carly Fiorina. Apparently HP still knows a thing or two about good engineering; even if its someone else's engineering.

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  2. Printer woes, now iPod? by photomic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how long it will take HP to break the iPod drivers. . .

  3. Meanwhile... by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite iPod news of the day was Rio putting a note on their site (now removed, apparently) claiming "featured in the Steve Jobs Keynote at MacWorld 2004". True, if you consider "Look how superior the iPod Mini is to this Rio!" to be "featured". Give them points for taking a positive attitude, certainly...

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. But will it run OpenVMS? by Genady · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the vaxPod! Oh the irony.

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  6. Behold... the thread of HP iPod naming suggestions by llamalicious · · Score: 5, Funny

    First in line:

    hiPod - Comes with a free dime-bag, too.

    Where's yours?

  7. Re:Behold... the thread of HP iPod naming suggesti by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Funny

    PodPaqer?

    Or is that too Risque?

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