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Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the open-source-is-the-answer dept.

CHaN_316 writes "Wired is running an article entitled, "Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?" Asking the open source community to help them compete with the iPod. From the article: 'Consumer electronics manufacturer Neuros Audio is tapping the open-source community to convert its upcoming portable media player from iPod road kill into a contender [...] To get the ball rolling, Neuros recently opened up the firmware code for its Neuros 442 portable media player, which is set to launch in January [...] Neuros' hardware design is complete, comprising a Texas Instruments dual-core digital signal processor, a 3.6-inch, 65,000-color TFT display and a 40-GB hard drive for recording video from a TV or home entertainment system. But the company has left a little something -- mostly user interface tweaks -- for the volunteers.' Is this a good idea or a mere publicity stunt?"

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. Re:Translation by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

    In an office somewhere in Cupertino, Steve Jobs read about this in one of his many memos, laughed, farted, and went to go have lunch with Yo-Yo Ma.

    Short answer to article question: NO.

    --
    "Sufferin' succotash."
  3. Re:Synergy by op12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who doesn't want to turn into one of those dancing shadows? Seriously, it was a powerful part of defining the iPod as "cool"

  4. Pod Wars by wardk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can imagine the interface wars.

    2005
    GnomePOD!, no Kpod!
    GnomePOD....Kpod
    GnomePOD...Kpod
    no enlightenPod v.17 dammit!!

    how about GNUpod?

    2006-2010
    repeat

    2011
    repeat....only enlightenPod is now at v.18