Sep
9
Briefly: Theft detection patent, Sony HD-series volume limit, Sat radio threat, Napster-branded storage devices, iPod clothing, iTMS UK
- Apple patenting theft detection system for iPods? (getting this to actually work sounds difficult)
- Sony HD1, HD3, HD5 Volume Limit Unlock
- iPods in cars raise questions for satellite radio (too soon to tell; also, “About half of XM’s 4.4 million subscribers are from car-based systems.”)
- Napster and SimpleTech Partner to Deliver Napster-Branded Storage Products (not MP3 players, just storage devices; “160GB MusicVault™—$159, 128MB USB Flash drives—$18.00, 128MB USB Upgradeable Flash drive—$26.60, 512MB Secure Digital card—$51.90, 128MB CompactFlash card—$20.60”; to be available Q3 2005)
- Clothing makers latch on to iPod craze (I’m surprised we’ve yet to see more clothes “with strategically placed holes and fabric channels to keep wires out of sight and out of mind”)
- Apple iTunes seizes 80% UK market (yesterday’s news—no, literally)
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