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Pocket PCs Masquerade as iPods

Posted by pudge on from the i-smell-a-lawsuit dept.

agwadude writes "Wired News has a story about a British software firm called StarBrite that is selling a virtual iPod that runs on Microsoft's PocketPC operating system. It mimics the iPod interface exactly, including the unique scroll wheel. It's a mere $20 but this seems right considering it's only software, and it only supports MP3. MacDailyNews has a shorter story."

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  1. Re:software... by Kenja · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "For the price of the software plus a memory card you can just buy a real MP3 player..."

    And take up twice as much space. I allready have a PDA, why not use it as my MP3 player as well? Hell, I could even rip out a 4GB CF card from one of those MP3 players nad use it for storage. Better yet, my PDA has a hot swappable battery.

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  2. Re:Twice as much? by Kenja · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Lets see, my Toshiba e805 is (L x W x H) 5.30 x 3.00 x 0.60 in. The iPod mini is (L x W x H) 3.6 x 2.00 x 0.50 in. Please show me where I can get a Palm based PDA thats less then 0.10 in thick.

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