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siko · 07-08-2006, 11:48 AM

Well if anybody could make a "killer" then that would be MS (they have the rsources)... but so far they have been denying this story.

Oh and BTW, you guys know that MS has the patent for the rotational interface like the one iPod uses... when Apple filled for a patent of the iPod interface, it was rejected on grounds that MS had already placed a similar patent 6 months earlier. MS hasn't requested any royalties yet, but could probably do so. This is why future iPods will most likely drop the rotational interface, and this is also why rumours of a iPod killer from MS are circulating.

07-08-2006, 11:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
siko Devotee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 3,586 My Mood: Thanks: 815 Thanked 688 Times in 362 Posts	Re: Microsoft to launch Ipod killer Well if anybody could make a "killer" then that would be MS (they have the rsources)... but so far they have been denying this story. Oh and BTW, you guys know that MS has the patent for the rotational interface like the one iPod uses... when Apple filled for a patent of the iPod interface, it was rejected on grounds that MS had already placed a similar patent 6 months earlier. MS hasn't requested any royalties yet, but could probably do so. This is why future iPods will most likely drop the rotational interface, and this is also why rumours of a iPod killer from MS are circulating. Last edited by siko; 07-08-2006 at 11:54 AM..