Comments on: Apparently MP3s work across devices. Who knew?

By: RichSpalding

RichSpalding — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:55:36 +0000

Agree with Paul and PJ, this is designed for the ‘laggards’ in the online music market. It’s still a little late, but then so are iTunes Alternatives.

By: Max Niederhofer

Max Niederhofer — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:54:03 +0000

LOL

Also: only cool kids chill in ogg vorbis.

By: PJ Evans

PJ Evans — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:57:42 +0000

This isn’t as dumb as it sounds. Anyone who with the reasonable expectation that they could buy a (non ‘Plus’) song from the iTunes store and put it on their non-Apple media player / mobile phone may be grateful that such a logo exists. Let’s not forget that not everyone is as understanding of media formats as we are.

By: Joey Deacon

Joey Deacon — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:00:18 +0000

you sadcase

By: Sam B

Sam B — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:40:35 +0000

In other news, all shoes are to be emblazoned with signs reading “100% compatible with feet”. As well as preventing confusion among shoppers who might try to wear shoes on their hands, this will stop people buying stolen trainers out of the back of a van.

By: paul fisher

paul fisher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:16:20 +0000

Save your cynicism, dear mike, for the mug punters who to continue to buy their tracks on itunes in proprietary AAC format. Is it not the case that AAC is only playable on apple corp. devices? This lock-in is great business for apple but not for the consumer. Apple is the evil empire, MP3 is good for the consumer.

By: djGroin

djGroin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:15:30 +0000

“Compatible” mp3? thats groundbreaking… welcome to 1998!

By: Benjamin Ellis

Benjamin Ellis — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:58:08 +0000

Oh the irony. The number of mp3 files that don’t actually work across players is huge – it is actually really easy to get encoding settings wrong, leaving the file useless on some players. Not that some podcasters seem to realise that :s.