Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales Ever, Huge iPad Numbers

Re:Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales E... by DLWormwood on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @11:11PM (#1534216)

Both the Wii and DSi can play the format iTunes currently uses. I think the PSP and PS3 can as well. I’m also pretty sure Archos and a couple other of the high end media players also work with AAC. AFAIK, only the low end stuff, like SanDisk’s fare, are still using silicon tied to MP3/WMA.

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Re:Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales E... by emehrkay on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @10:17AM (#1535219)

Isn't AAC an open standard?

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Re:Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales E... by DLWormwood on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @04:09PM (#1536390)

Yes, although the silicon was slow coming. For a while, the iPod was the only game in town. The few other devices that used AAC at the time (like a Sony 8cm CD player I used to use) used the older MP3 style container instead of the modern MOV/M4A wrapper.

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