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No WMA for HP iPod

Posted by michael on from the acronym-soup dept.

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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  1. Slightly OT, does anyone use iPod with Linux? by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Is anyone out there consistantly using their iPod with Linux (instead of ms or Apple) to load/unload music?

    If so, what are your experiences? What apps do you use? Do you need to use a mac or windows iPod or does it matter?

    Been thinking of getting one, but, would only be using it with my Linux boxes...and early research didn't show many tools, and seemed to indicate problems or limitations (you couldn't download mp3's from your iPod back to computer, or if you stored them as data..you couldn't listen to them?)

    Would greatly appreciate someone with experience giving some info and/or links...

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    1. Re:Slightly OT, does anyone use iPod with Linux? by CineK · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      why don't You buy yourself iRiver iHP-120 - as purely USM device it should work great in Linux.

      In fact, I'm going to buy one myself, due to lack of features like USM in iPod.

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