Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?

CHaN_316 writes "Wired is running an article entitled, "Can Open Source Outdo the IPod?" Asking the open source community to help them compete with the iPod. From the article: 'Consumer electronics manufacturer Neuros Audio is tapping the open-source community to convert its upcoming portable media player from iPod road kill into a contender [...] To get the ball rolling, Neuros recently opened up the firmware code for its Neuros 442 portable media player, which is set to launch in January [...] Neuros' hardware design is complete, comprising a Texas Instruments dual-core digital signal processor, a 3.6-inch, 65,000-color TFT display and a 40-GB hard drive for recording video from a TV or home entertainment system. But the company has left a little something -- mostly user interface tweaks -- for the volunteers.' Is this a good idea or a mere publicity stunt?"

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Re:The answer is simple.

[J_Darnley]

( ) Yes
( ) No
(x) CowboyNeal

Re:Translation

[Overly Critical Guy]

In an office somewhere in Cupertino, Steve Jobs read about this in one of his many memos, laughed, farted, and went to go have lunch with Yo-Yo Ma.

Short answer to article question: NO.

Re:Synergy

[op12]

Who doesn't want to turn into one of those dancing shadows? Seriously, it was a powerful part of defining the iPod as "cool"

Pod Wars

[wardk]

I can imagine the interface wars.

2005
GnomePOD!, no Kpod!
GnomePOD....Kpod
GnomePOD...Kpod
no enlightenPod v.17 dammit!!

how about GNUpod?

2006-2010
repeat

2011
repeat....only enlightenPod is now at v.18