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Pocket PCs Masquerade as iPods
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."
Don't quit your day job of being unemployed, you putrid fucking karma-whore.
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.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Someone wrote a PocketPC program that mimics the iPod interface. Fanatic Apple fans cry foul - as if the interface is some sort of holy grail.
...and the real computing community continues to administer networks, code, and do research with shells.
Meanwhile, nerds continues to swap Windows warez and play games. Manager types continue to type business proposals in Word and Powerpoint. The masses continue to swap MP3s with any software that comes into their possession.
The moral of the story? Apple fans are dumb.
Death camps are FUD. Actual execution rate was minimal; gas was just applied to some particularly vocal people.
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.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"