Can someone explain Real's technology? (Score 1)

What does Real's app do? If it simply transcodes a Real file into an MP3 as it transfers to the iPod, then there's no hacking going on. This way the user keeps the DRM-protected Real file on their desktop, and has a "untransferrable" (strictly speaking not true, but true as the iPod is shipped) copy on their iPod.

How does Real's application make it so that the iPod accepts and plays the Real file??

Thank you