Has anyone tried the DIY approach?:<br><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/16/daisy-mp3-player-kit-a-diy-dap-for-120/">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/16/daisy-mp3-player-kit-a-diy-dap-for-120/</a><br><br>Probably much easier to service than any iPod, with the astronomical bonus of being breadboard compatible and generally hack-friendly. Got my eyes on this as soon as I can afford it.<br>
<br>Matt<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Geoffrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">Jim Philips wrote:<br>
> On 07/25/2009 11:04 AM, Geoffrey wrote:<br>
>> George Carless wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>>>> No flames from this end. I've been watching the same events thinking<br>
>>>>> tha Apple has been just egregious in pursuing product lock-in. And<br>
>>>>> Palm has become my new hero by taking them on. Think back to the<br>
>>>>> time of records. Imagine if Columbia Records had produced vinyl<br>
>>>>> records that could only be played on record players produced by<br>
>>>>> Columbia. Do you think the people or the courts would have tolerated<br>
>>>>> it? I simply will not buy any more Apple products, no matter what<br>
>>>>> the "coolness" factor might be. And this applies especially to songs<br>
>>>>> on iTunes. The alternative is out there and it's DRM-free music from<br>
>>>>> Amazon.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>> Apple's been shifting away from DRM for a good long while, now, and at<br>
>>> this point everything on the iTunes store is DRM-free. Yes, it's AAC<br>
>>> and not MP3, but no DRM. In fact, I would be quite surprised if it<br>
>>> didn't turn out that it'd been thanks to Apple's efforts with the labels<br>
>>> etc. that had led to the likes of Amazon being able to offer music DRM<br>
>>> free.<br>
>>><br>
>> And as I noted earlier, you can burn a cd of any of your iTunes music,<br>
>> drop that on your Linux box, convert to drm-free mp3s.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
> All of this just reinforces that fact that Apple forces you to jump<br>
> through hoops to play music you purchased from them if you don't play it<br>
> on their devices. The fact that you know how to jump through the hoops<br>
> doesn't make it an acceptable situation. It was this kind of chicanery<br>
> that brought me to Linux in the first place. I want devices and file<br>
> formats that don't treat me like a child.<br>
<br>
</div></div>They could make it a whole lot harder by not permitting you to create<br>
the cds to start with. I think it's a lot fewer hoops then trying to<br>
play other music formats on Linux.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--<br>
Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.<br>
- Benjamin Franklin<br>
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