Well Microsoft atleast has the interface right. Sleek, attractive and not boring like iTunes - and looks much simpler too. Now if MS can get the marketing right and convince people the advantages of Wi-Fi (though it may be too much for the average iPod user) then there's no doubt in my mind Zune will become one of iPod's better competitors. It all comes down to marketing really, and MS has the cash to do it.

So now the ipod video's screen is finally comparable to Creative's Zen Vision:M, and Creative is coming out with a new Zen Vision that is able to play more video formats and it is widescreen. Meh, expected much more.

"I'd say the "i" in front of a product name is more actionable than the word "pod." People associate iAnthing with Apple because of their efforts to brand their products as such."

Interesting point, but Apple wasn't the first one to use the "i" infront of their products. Infact Cowon already had an mp3 player by the name of iAudio. Why Cowon never took action against Apple is something I don't know, but is only more proof Apple is overprotective of a brand that they themselves copied.

I really suspect that this case probably would be in favour of the woman had she decided to use the word against Apple's opposition - but as Apple knows that they are incorrect, they settle these kinds of cases with the people in question before the case even has time to advance into court. That and Apple's overwhelming corporate image and strong legal team doesn't encourage the people to take action against Apple for using the word "pod". I hope someone actually takes this to court and makes Apple realise that they can't trademark a word that is already in public use and *has* been for countless years.

Rogers in Canada IS throttling the internet connection of their users. Just make one search on Google and you will see how widespread the problem is. Some people who have looked further into it actually found that you cannot blame Rogers for it, for two reasons. One: they do not admit to doing it. They started throttling networks gradually, from place to place, and now there is a huge problem with Bittorrent users who subscribe to Rogers ISP. If you call them they flat out deny any throttling, even though speeds have been seriously dragged down by Rogers. Two, even if some person is able to point out that Rogers does throttle their net service, then there is a statement in their user agreement contract which enables them to do as they wish. In the end Rogers users are left with no choice but to bear with it. Even other ISPs like Bell and Shaw reportedly do the same.

Also some users found a way to workaround Roger's throttling, by switching data ports to a specific port that allows people to do video conferences. That fixed the speed for a while but Rogers discovered that and now that workaround is useless. Even though new Bittorrent clients claim to use encrypted packs it is really easy to discover and discard data packets coming from unidentified or masked clients. That and with the advent of these kind of devices only spells doom for many Bittorrent users.

I thought the company made "pocket" knives. This is ridiculous!

The Siren frame has a nice finish. Whats the power source for these devices anyway?