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1. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

   (Aug 31, 2005 - 9:49 AM)

   You missed the point- the patent doesn't matter- it simply took the idea from already existing practices and put it into a patent. The date of the patent doesn't matter either- MP3's and software like WinAmp and Music Match have been around and have organized music in this way for a while.
   
   Hell, I started my own filing system on my PC where I store my music in an artist directory under an album subdirectory- is Creative going to sue me?
   
   I may have been wrong about the capacities, but if you note I said "If I recall." Perhaps I remembered wrong, but my point still stands. Different features are important to different people, Creative DIDN'T create the Artist/Album/Song filing system, and it certainly did not know how to market their product against Apple, a brand that has been dominated by PC sales for at least a decade.

2. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

   (Aug 30, 2005 - 11:00 AM)

   "Go Creative. It's about time Apple pays up. They've been standing on Creative's shoulders for FAR too long."
   
   While I agree the high capacity player is basically Creative's invention, your post is misguided in that it assumes that Creative created the Artist/Album/Song filing system. IT DIDN'T! Look at Circuit City, Best Buy- they all organize their music that way. The metadata label system? MP3's and MP3 player software have been around a whole lot longer than the Zen.
   
   And who says feature(s) make one product better than another. That's YOUR opinion. The reason why I bought an iPod is because I liked the interface, and if I recall, Apple had higher capacities (40 gig) at the time the Zen and the Dell Jukebox were stuck at 20 or 30. There's hardly a difference in sound quality to me, and the Apple iPod headphones are the best I've heard. Formats? I don't give a crap- I only use MP3. Battery life I could complain about- however, I picked up a 70 hour battery lithium ion battery extender for 11 bucks off of ebay new- and it lasted more than 70 hours. iPod has much much better accessory availability and support from what I have seen.
   
   So don't misguide your own post just because you have an opinion on the importance of certain features.