iLounge's article nicely ignores any sort of criticism whatsoever. Great…

Mulligan 'didn't do his homework' because in the immortal words of Macdailynews "AAC is supported by the vast majority of digital music players. They're called 'iPods.'"?

What was the point again? Oh yeah, increased interoperability.

It'd have been smarter to honestly admit that today AAC-support is sketchy, but from now on many manufacturers will have an incentive to add AAC-support. And it's entirely up to them.
Oh come on! | 04.03.07 - 4:43 pm | #

Regarding interoperability and AAC support. AAC is about as mainstream as it gets without being MP3. One of the least-interoperable players, the Zune, supports raw AAC format just like EMI is supporting. It is also an internationally approved MPEG standard, which is a heck of a lot more than .WMV files (or PlaysForSure compatibility even) can say. And the second-largest MP3 player company, Sandisk (responsible for about 8% of the market after Apple's 75%), also supports AAC natively. I stand by my statement that the Jupiter analyst didn't do his homework.

Thanks for taking the time to write!
Carl
Carl Howe | Homepage | 04.04.07 - 6:54 am | #