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• Device Poor? Not Really
  "The availability of GPS chips in devices is the main barrier in mainstream adoption"
  
  Not really...all mobile phones since 2002 have come location-enabled due to the FCC mandate around mobile e911. In fact all CDMA phones (Verizon, Sprint, Alltel) have AGPS chipsets allowing for very accurate location fixes. The barrier to entry as always is the business case. Out of any country in the world, the US is the farthest along regarding location-capable devices...Not always GPS, but AGPS and the like. More information on the FCC mandate is here: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/News_Releases/2001/nwl0127a.pdf

  October 2, 2007

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• Need for Universal DRM
  The problem with all of these listening ecosystems from Apple, Microsoft, etc. is not the devices. The problem is that I as a user cannot share and listen to music that I have rightfully purchased across multiple devices. Microsoft, Apple, and whomever else is listening. This is like the Beta vs. VHS, or BluRay vs. HD...The problem is that I as a user want to be able to listen to my music that I rightfully purchased on my iPOD, computer, TV, home stereo, phone, etc. Today, I can do maybe 2 out of the 5. And not only that, I want to be able to use the media player and media encoding of my choice. The need for standardization has never been more apparent. Today's music ecosystem is like having a VHS that requires a special furniture cabinet for storage, a dedicated VHS player, and a specific TV to present the video/audio.
  
  It is really simple. These companies need to agree on a universal DRM mechanism that spans different music types (encoding), players (ipod, zune), players (itunes, media player) and which allows for unlimited sharing among all device registered to an individual user. In reply to: "i've done my research and came to a conclusion"

  November 2, 2006

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