Mobile Music & The Ipod Frenzy

Creative Technology has been awarded a U.S. Patent for a user interface for portable media players, as found in its Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox MP3 players, and in some competing players, such as the Apple iPod and iPod mini. The patent is likely to be a source of contention in the ongoing battle over the digital audio player market. ?The first portable media player based upon the user interface covered in our Zen Patent was our NOMAD Jukebox MP3 player," notes Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo. "The Apple iPod was only announced in October 2001, 13 months after we had been shipping the NOMAD Juke ... (more)

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