arstechnica.com — Patents filed by Microsoft and Apple reveal plans by both to add various file-sharing capabilities to their handheld music players. iPods may be playing catch-up to the Zune, but Microsoft has a few wireless tricks up its sleeve for the Zune.
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michaelboltonJul 13, 2007
they could have come up with a better term for Ad Hoc Sharing, I mean come on... Squirting?Yo, squirt some R-Kelly over here! W. T. F.
cvp1Jul 13, 2007
I've said it before and I'll say it again - the Zune is a fantastic piece of hardware. It fails in the crippled, DRM-locked, Windows Media advocated software area. It's a very well built piece of hardware with a lot of neat hardware features like Wifi. Unfortunately, when the legal team and the software team got hold of it, things fell apart.
mattpriceJul 13, 2007
"... things I will hear today."Dude, you mean you can predict the future and know what you're going to hear ahead of time?!
abandonedheroJul 13, 2007
I think you mean Archos.
superkendallJul 13, 2007
The interface is pretty good, even the fit & finish of the device is good. As you say the DRm/Windows software is a problem, but personally also from trying them out at stores the devices were just too large for practical everyday use.
abwatersJul 14, 2007
The idea of squirting music is one of those ideas that seem obvious enough once you think about it and to tell you the truth, it sounds really cool. But...without having looked at the patent yet it seems obvious that there has to be a DRM mechanism involved. Microsoft, in case you missed it, DRM just isn't working out all that well...maybe someone will get the hint and open source DRM.
skratchnerdJul 14, 2007
you little squirter you. bwahaha. i would never squirt stuff to a buddy of mine. that is just wrong.
skratchnerdJul 14, 2007
exactly. what's a zune? give me a good ol iPod anyday. they have the best interface and the masters of digital music. nuff said.