Posted by Nathan Mercer on 12/24/02 11:29

Dave Martindale wrote:
> Richard <rich@ihug.co.nz> writes:
>
>
>>Makes the video ipod look like just another halfassed apple product if it only
>>takes quicktime... why not the avis that everything else is happy with... only
>>apple..
>
>
> You might as well ask why all ipods do not play WMA audio files. To do
> so would certainly benefit consumers, but it would also help one of
> Apple's rivals.

The underlying Portalplayer chipset's support WMA, Apple specifically
disables the functionality

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