[Last Visible Dog]

As usual, your summation is incorrect, showing that you have a serious reading comprehension disability in addition to writing. I made no such claim of native iPod WMA support with any qualifiers. I stated that users with WMA files are not, as you say, "SOL" by buying an iPod, just as Nomad buyers with AAC files are not "SOL" (although iTunes makes it much easier to convert to AAC).

Question: Can an Ipod play a WMA file?

Answer: NO!

Game over

[Richard Kimball]

I've come back to this thread a few times, because the arguments are like reading a protracted dead parrot skit, but I have to comment that your reasoning here is desperate. iTunes will convert unprotected WMA files to AAC, MP3, or whatever other format. It will do so without touching the original WMA files. The converted files can be played in iTunes or moved to an iPod. It's no big deal to have the music that was originally in a WMA file playing on your iPod.

Of course, you are correct that the iPod does not play WMA files natively, but your "SOL" argument is absurd. It's like saying a door doesn't work because it's closed, or a coin operated washing machine doesn't work because you can't throw the coins in the tub and make it work. Use iTunes and the iPod like they are intended to be used, and you can be listening to your songs on an Apple computer, a Windows computer with iTunes or an iPod.

If you want to continue pushing an esoteric point that doesn't make any difference, yes, you're correct. Game over. The iPod also won't run Super Mario Brothers.