Re:candi-pods make more sense now ... (Score 2, Insightful)

pretty interesting. but i think its going to be even more interesting when sony get their 'my sony music' store working with their new md's ...

Sony -- having one foot in content and the other in content players -- will have a hard time in the new music market if it continues to sit on the DRM fence. By introducing another proprietary, marginally-used and badly-named format (ATRAC3) on an idle platform (MD), Sony will finding itself fighting for scraps leftover from the Apple/HP/iTunes feeding frenzy.

• Can MD's be used for anything other than music files?
• How many MD's do I need to carry around if I want my whole library with me (10000 songs)?
• Does it transfer music faster than Firewire or USB2?
• Does it support Playlists? Playlists on the go?
• How many jukeboxes/players support ATRAC3?
• Are there any other applications for MD players that give it some PDA abilities?

What will be interesting is to see how Sony deals with consumers moving towards more widely accepted standards while it contuinues to suck RIAA ass with things like ATRAC3 and Open Magic Gate. Times like this Sony probably wishes it never got into content.