No WMA for HP iPod

finelinebob writes "In spite of Paul Thurrott's wishful thinking, Wired is reporting that HP will not support the WMA format in its version of the iPod. From the article, according to HP spokesperson Muffi Ghadial, "'We're not going to be supporting WMA for now ... We picked the service that was the most popular (Apple's iTunes Music Store). We could have chosen another format, but that would have created more confusion for our customers.' He added, 'Most customers don't care about the format they're downloading.'" Thurrott's singing a different tune lately, anyway...."

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But...

[paul248]

Jeez, whatever happened to WMA being superior?

Paul Thurrott

[rf600r]

Paul Thurrott is and always has been most interested in Paul Thurrott and how the world relates to Paul Thurrott. He used to have a great website, until it got buried behind how much Paul Thurrott loves Paul Thurrott and how much you love Paul Thurrott, too.

I think he meant to say...

[krray]

From the article:
"Most customers don't care about the format they're downloading."

I think he meant to say:
"Most customers don't care about the wma format, they're not worth downloading."

Silly HP.

Re:the reason

[hummer357]

wow...

anybody actually read the first article?

talk about being superfanboy! ;-)

some quotes:
- "Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio format " (ehm... yeah)
- "Portable Media Center Devices Will Blow You Away" (wha? no it won't!)
- "Predictable Open-Source Advocates Decry Microsoft Anti-Linux Ads" (this on't a bit like those old beatles records... play it backwards, and you get the *real* hidden message!)

and this one is the best of the lot:
- "Jobs's Disappointing Macworld Keynote Address Makes Even Gates Look Good"
(okay, so maybe Jobs is boring, he always is, but making Gates LOOK GOOD? Paul? ya smokin' crack?)

well,

h357

Re:No Reason for WMA in iPod

[Kenja]

No, in real life it would go more like this.

Question: What MP3 player works with the Apple Music store? (I know it's called the iTunes store, but who actually says that?)

Answer: With the what music store?

Question: The online music store run by Apple Computers.

Anser: What computers? I have a Dell with 256 giga pixels of CDs.

Question: No, no. Thats a Windows based computer made by Dell. Apple computers run an OS based on BSD UNIX. The same company runs an online store where you can buy songs.

Anser : ? ......... So you mean like Warehouse-music.com? I use that through AOL. Whats it got to do with fruit?

Question : Never mind....

Most people have no idea what a computer can realy do much less be able to do much with it. They walk into CompUSA or CircutCity with their pants around their ankles and their wallet open. Answer: Ummmm....