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The iPod Gets WiFi, Sort Of

Posted by michael on from the wozniak-too-busy-speaking-at-conferences dept.

thecounterfeit writes "Engadget has a story on Pocketster Pro, a new application that lets you add WiFi to the iPod. The catch? You have to connect it to a Pocket PC with both USB Host capability and WiFi first, but once it's up and running you can wirelessly swap tunes with any other similarly equipped iPods."

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  1. In a related story by YankeeInExile · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a related story, an iPod can carry 490 passengers from New York to Sydney, Australia. The catch? You have to put it inside a Boeing 747 ....

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    1. Re:In a related story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
      What the hell is wrong with you people? George Bush has asked Congress for the power to suspend the presidential elections and you people can only talk about iPods? Get some priorities for fuck's sake!

      As long as Apple gets a G5 Powerbook out before next summer I couldn't care less. Democracy is an illusion anyway, but Macs are a way of life.

  2. This is too fucked up. by JessLeah · · Score: 4, Funny

    The thing only works with Pocket PCs? How ironic is that? Apple's latest brainchild, co-opted by Windows CE hackers, to do something so geeky that only Unix nerds would want to do it... my head is spinning. Part of me says "Wow, this is cool", but an equally large part says "EW, Windows!"... I'm so lost and confused.

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    1. Re:This is too fucked up. by 0racle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Unix nerds would alreay be doing it with a very small shell script.

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  3. The catch? by yawhcihw · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll be clubbed to death by any Apple evangelist who sees you doing this...

  4. Newton... by Rgb465 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad the Apple Newton didn't come with WiFi... ;)

  5. Heresy by supercytro · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple products working with Microsoft products? What vile heresy is this?

  6. I Have Something Even Cooler... by bfg9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's called, uh.. a radio. You guys should try it. It cost me like a tenth of what my iPod cost me, and already has some sort of integrated wifi. I've listened to like a million songs and didn't pay for ANY of them! I don't know how Kazaa is gonna survive in the face of this new technology. I just hope it stays underground, otherwise Microsoft or someone will buy it all up and ruin it.

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  7. Re:Quick by sploo22 · · Score: 4, Funny
    PING www.riaa.com (68.163.90.10) 56(84) bytes of data.
    From 68.163.93.162 icmp_seq=1 Destination monopoly unreachable
    From 68.163.93.162 icmp_seq=2 Destination monopoly unreachable
    From 68.163.93.162 icmp_seq=3 Destination monopoly unreachable
    From 68.163.93.162 icmp_seq=4 Destination monopoly unreachable

    Control-C
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