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JMikeD · 08-29-2008, 03:48 PM

I don't think of the Kindle or iPod as closed, either. I have almost no music from the iTunes store on either of my iPods, and most of the stuff on my Kindle is not from Amazon.

Apple did license out their hardware on two occasions: the Mac to Power Computing (and several other firms), and the Newton Messagepad to Sharp (who was the actual manufacturer, as I recall).

Those turned out well.

08-29-2008, 03:48 PM	#14
JMikeD Evangelist Posts: 473 Karma: 15000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Various and sundry	I don't think of the Kindle or iPod as closed, either. I have almost no music from the iTunes store on either of my iPods, and most of the stuff on my Kindle is not from Amazon. Apple did license out their hardware on two occasions: the Mac to Power Computing (and several other firms), and the Newton Messagepad to Sharp (who was the actual manufacturer, as I recall). Those turned out well.