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  1. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 2:17 PM)

    Dinone's argument is no worse than your failed rebuttal. Then again, his original post about the iTMS is no better, either. I have tried other download services (I will come back to player-manager integration shortly), and each requires more clicks, more searches, more running around than does the iTMS. I have gotten free downloads for three non-iTMS services, and in every case I have been so frustrated with the time it takes to redeem that free download that I just gave up.

    I don't yet bother with podcasts or video downloads, though both risk becoming time sucks I can ill afford, so it is more about survival than anything else. A mobile DJ friend of mine was using WinAMP to organize his files. I talked him into downloading iTunes. Guess what? The file organization that he had spent weeks trying to finish could be done by iTunes automatically in under an hour (not bad, given his then 60GB+ of tracks). He never even got lured by Dell DJ or Creative because neither approached the needs he had.

    Sorry, but I will take a mobile DJ over someone who mentions Yahoo! when it comes to music.

  2. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 2:07 PM)

    The point is not that it is blatantly obvious but that other people were already organizing materials in that fashion. I have yet to see anyone enter this discussion with evidence of having read USPTO standards. Go check the requirements for patents. Then learn the process for approval. Finally, discover how patents lose force in cases such as these.

  3. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 2:05 PM)

    He may be misguided, but he is right that the iPod came out with a 30GB model at the top of its line when Creative had the 40GB nomad. That was one of the original stories in the tech press.

  4. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 2:03 PM)

    You want to talk about bull****? Fine. Do a comparison of current prices, not 2002 prices. Talk about current battery lie, not 2002 battery life.

    Yes, Creative's players suppport more formats. After all, we can't listen to music unless it is in the proper format, right? The formats supported on the iPod line aren't enough?

    Your note on audio quality leaves me puzzled. How are you measuring audio quality? If it is distortion threshhold or reproduction fidelity, flip a coin. If it is format, get a clue. It is impossible even to discuss such an issue until you provide some basis for measurement.

    You can say that Creative makes better products. I have no problem with your opinion. I also disagree with your opinion. Then again, I am fond of facts, and you come up far too many claims you fail to back up with facts.

  5. Comment - Creative Threatens Apple with UI Patent

    (Aug 30, 2005 - 1:54 PM)

    And they are . . . ?

    I enjoy it when people employ fallacies. This one is particularly astounding. If you are going to make a claim, provide evidence.