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notaniphone @ Sep 29th 2007 10:56PM
The reason that Apple (and Microsoft, for that matter) doesn't include A2DP support in their music players is that it's quite trivial to save the unencrypted sound data sent over Bluetooth (on a PC, or similar) and work around the DRM. All devices that currently support A2DP for music do so because they only support unencrypted files (like MP3), and there's nothing to lose.
Until there's a Bluetooth solution that sends encrypted data over the air and decrypts at the output device (i.e., the headphones or speakers), you're unlikely to ever see this type of support.
SteveA @ Sep 30th 2007 2:42AM
Ummm, my ATT 8525 smart phone (running MS Windows Mobile 5) has A2DP bluetooth. I can use it to stream netradio (via 3G) or mp3's without any issue to any device.
xbit @ Sep 30th 2007 5:19AM
There's LOTS of devices that will stream DRM-ed files over A2DP. For example, the N95 will play PlayForSure DRM files over Bluetooth.
greenlight @ Sep 30th 2007 11:04AM
Considering that Apple lets you burn DRMed tracks to a CD and then re-rip them into unprotected files all right from within iTunes, I doubt they really care about something as obscure as removing DRM through A2DP.
John @ Oct 1st 2007 2:59PM
Sony (Ericsson) has sevaral devices that do both A2DP and DRM. Nokia too.
The reason why Apple didn't put A2DP into iPhoney is that they didn't know how.