Thread: Amazon Kindle might be the worst thing that could happen to e-books?
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:15 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by tcv View Post
Still, if you've an iPod, you've got to use iTunes. Sure, you can bring in other formats, but it's still an Apple world.
Actually, the iPod is open... you can use many formats on it and it will play them just fine, including the ubiqitious .mp3. iTunes is "semi-open" it will support any format that iPod does and synch them all to you iPod. iTunes is "closed" in that it will only sync to an iPod as a device.

What is "closed" is the iTunes store... but, this is changing now that they do have DRM free tracks. The next "great" move for openness would be for iTunes to support other devices. I think there is a simple file format standard that many of the devices support which would make it a driver free no brainer!

Kindle and Amazons Kindle store are starting out as iTunes did... one device and one store. I would hope eventually the content would become non-DRM... it is the only way that wide adoption will take place.

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