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November 23, 2005
iPod competitors need "universal dock"
Posted by Sandy
Tony Smith at the Register suggests that Microsoft is pushing for a universal dock standard to help competitors take on the iPod.
Tony's reasoning: if rival MP3 players can use the iPod dock it loses a competitive advantage. If Apple opposes an emerging industry standard, that's bad for Apple and good for its competitors. Either way, creating an industry standard is good for those who create it.
In other words, if you can't beat 'em, make them join you.
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1. Jim on November 23, 2005 11:30 PM writes...
All well and good, but we're talking about Microsoft here and their intent is surely to wrest away control of the mp3 player market from Apple. Right now, its as if Apple was to introduce the ADB interface as a competitor to USB....
Apple does not need to oppose this. They will simply ignore it.
Permalink to Comment2. mcloki on November 24, 2005 09:49 AM writes...
Or Apple will just license out their dock connector to other mp3 players. It doesn't really harm them. Opens up the peripheral market to other players. And everyone is making iPod compatible attachments. And Microsofts "Standard" goes away or
Permalink to CommentWhat I'd like to see is they always say Apple has sold 30 million ipods. How many total other mp3 players have been sold? How many are used? I'm sure there's a ton of old 128 and 512 k mp3 players that have gone by the wayside.