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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. Re:Just in time for the Superbowl ad by cpeterso · · Score: 0, Troll


    This is proof once again that Apple is the only innovator in the industry. The PeeCee companies are just hollow shells, slapping their brands on cheap OEM boxes.

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    cpeterso
  2. Re:ENOUGH WITH THE OGG VORBIS by steveha · · Score: 0, Troll

    as bad as you want Ogg, you will settle for AAC and buy an iPod

    Actually, no, I won't.

    if you won't, then you are a market minority so small that Apple doesn't have the time and money to spend reaching you.

    But companies much smaller than Apple, such as iRiver, do have the time and money to spend reaching me.

    steveha

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  3. Re:QuickTime on 20% of the PCs sold in the US by lotsofno · · Score: 0, Troll

    i'd say this was a good thing, if QT on Windows wasn't the software equivalent of AIDS.

  4. Re:Dear Apple: why? by nzkoz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes it does, however the software is kinda useless without the Music Store. Cdex for the ripping and winamp for the playing. Without downloading music there's really no reason to lock all my Mp3s away in the itunes database.

    I'm an iPod owner but iTunes sucked compared to ephpod.

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    Cheers Koz