iPod & Windows Media

[theThinker]

Not sure if this is the right board for this post but...

To any of you who have iPods do they support WMA? It doesn't really say on their website. One of my brother's friend says the Mini does, but even if it does, I don't want a mini. Any help on this subject would be nice.

Oh, and, NO, I don't want to convert all my music files to mp3.

[Jason425]

... ipod will never support WMA.. until MS sues them or something..

[StinkyMojo]

The HP ipods will have wma support..

[Dragon]

well, according to the dates i saw on :google:. it was rumored on the 11th and 12th of januaury last year that HPs new ipodns would support it, and on the 13th an article was released quoting a top exec as saying that it wouldnt. make up your own mind here (http://www.google.com/search?q=ipod+%22wma+support%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial)

[Jason425]

apple's getting sued to hell right now for not allowing wma's...

[Prometheus]

why?

this is why I hate the ipod :(

Getting a creative zen touch on thursday :P

[Jason425]

word.. apple is trying to be like MS... but they're not good at it... (monopolizing while looking good doing it)

[Prometheus]

Apple-Looks good and has largest stake in Mp3 players
M$-Hated by a lot of geeks. And lets face it. Bill doesnt look sexy with an ipod ;)

[vee_ess]

And lets face it. Bill doesnt look sexy with an ipod ;)
Are you saying Steve Jobs does?

Apple and MS have both always attempted monopolies, it's just that MS is more successful.

[Jason425]

apple has worse PR in my eye than ms..... having one dominating (and inferior) product doesn't do it for me...

[StinkyMojo]

so an ipod is inferior cause it doesnt support wma's? :/

[Prometheus]

WMA's are QUALITY. Like really nice CD rips.

[StinkyMojo]

I know they are, they are smaller than mp3's too.. isn't the end of the world though..

[vee_ess]

The Zen, iRiver, and others are better than the iPod, though, anyways. iPod just has the biggest name at the moment.

[StinkyMojo]

they might be better, but its still pretty nice.. though i dont have one atm, nor do i plan on buying one. I think they are all good in their own ways..

[Jason425]

I have an i-river and am a little disappointed..

it has frozen up on me 3 or 4 times.. (really annoying.. have to poke something up its butt)

The interface is lousy compared to the ipod's...

and with the ipod's price drop, the only thing the i-river has over the ipod is battery life and format support.... (sure is nice to play ogg's) 8)

[but I do have the older one.. the new one looks nice)

[PTR_DBL]

I don't realy think that iPod is realy good player at all. MS is god damn.... I use my Icemat audio. Small, 256 usb player. I don't need anything else. And if i need some new music i can easily download it again. That's the deal.

If u don't know - https://www.icemat.com/shop/default.asp?main=products

[savage]

Try SoundTaxi! It helps me to cut DRM protection from audio!
http://www.soundtaxi.info/

[tekmonkey2]

:cry: i need an mp3 player that holds at least a GB of memory!
i had one until it got stolen, i'm gonna beat that kid up....