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From: QwikSand	1/18/2005 8:11:31 PM
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From MacMinute: Apple still dismissing video iPod January 18, 2005 - 11:24 EST Stan Ng, Apple's director of worldwide iPod marketing, says a video-capable iPod is still not in the cards for Apple. "There is no legal way today of taking a DVD and making it viewable on a portable device. There are issues with video, and no infrastructure for acquiring that content," Ng said. "For a player with a 3.5-inch screen, you have to wonder if it would be worthwhile. You can't watch video while you're jogging or mountain biking. Fundamentally, at a corporate level, we've been clear about our involvement in music and photos--we'll see what happens with video over time." Hey, wait a minute. Hasn't MSFT already decided that it's worthwhile? Haven't they supplied the operating software and media codecs for the tens of millions of devices various vendors have sold that let you watch movies while mountain biking? Apple is virtually turning its back on MSFT's incomparably innovative product marketing knowhow. What gives? I mean, how dumb do you have to be? Apple will learn their lesson when MSFT is getting a penny for every data bit in the world that moves over a radio signal or memory bus. --QS

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