http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/ Engadget Comments for Sort of add WiFi to your iPod with Pocketster Pro http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/
"Interesting idea. Sounds like a hobby project tho'. And that creates a
challenge for me, as I have to operate within the following contstraints:
>
> Due to the overwhelming demand for technical information & connectors, we're
> currently only able to support requests from companies that have experience in
> the consumer electronics or computer peripheral business. I also need to take
> product ideas to product marketing & engineering for review/approval.
>
> So what can you tell me about your company and your product ideas? Armed with
> this info I'll chat with the right folks. If you're approved, I'll be able to
> do the necessary paperwork to give you the technical specifications.

As you can see, I'm limited to working with companies that have pre-existing
manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution capabilities. If you have
that sort of arrangement with a partner, or can strike up that sort of
relationship with someone, I would be happy to take your idea to the right
folks to see if it would be approved."

You know what, I'm not even going to bother anymore.


Apple does nothing to promote innovation, and therefore cannot really be that interested in fostering new ideas which might just help their bottom line. Just how many iPods do you want to sell, Apple?

If it weren't for hobbyists, where would our industry be? Would Michael Dell have made any money out of his custom built systems? Would Wozniak, Jobs, Gates, Ellison have their 7 figure salaries and share options? Most importantly, would any of this electronic gadgetry have come about?

Or should innovation only the domain of Fortune 500 companies who can afford to buy the efforts of clever people for their own benefit?



Interesting timing though... my original contact with Apple is dated 12 May 2004. Funny, two months later a new product with similar capabilities comes out. Just how long is the dev cycle for new iPod peripherals?]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/Dec 19th 2005 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/10/sort-of-add-wifi-to-your-ipod-with-pocketster-pro/
Having WiFi on an iPod would never be to replace Firewire, it would be an added feature, and fits perfectly into an AirTunes network. I'm willing to bet that Apple is already working on it. I don't see how the RIAA can logically resist either, but nobody ever claimed that those pigopolists did anything logical.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:03AM