Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?

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?"

Comments

Re: Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?

[varmittang]

But I thought there was no stupid questions. Is there?

offtopic-

[conJunk]

I know this is offtopic, but this post gave me thought... I'm thinking back to the first MacWorld expo I went to in 1995, roughly around the time apple was playing around with liscencing for powermac clones...

if you'd told me then apple was going to start kicking ass with a portable music player, i would have laughed *really* hard

Open source on a PMP - Done

[JediLow]

I've already been using open source on my iRiver - and I can tell you, it completely wipes the floor with the ipod - the only problem? The player that I have looks like an ugly box. http://www.rockbox.org

Re: Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?

[P3NIS_CLEAVER]

Yes. Stop being so goddam PC.

Re:Can open source Out Do ANYTHING?

[baadger]

Fear not the great uncleansed will be impressed with IE7. You may even be surprised how many firefox users it pulls back...

Re:Yes

[Anonymous Coward]

he did say "or", not "xor"
so he doesn't exclude both :p