] StarBrite is selling a pPod, a virtual iPod for Pocket
] PCs, that -- given Apple's past tolerance for knockoffs
] -- may not be available for very long.
] ...
] The application fills the Pocket PC's entire screen with
] a faithful facsimile of the iPod, including the player's
] distinctive scroll wheel and four buttons for playing,
] pausing and so on.

[ I have a feeling these people are gonna get an apple branded smackdown in short order. What do people think? Legal issues aside, I think it's pretty tacky, like shiny-plastic fake chrome "rims" on a '94 Corolla. Imitation may be flattery, but it's also lame about 90% of the time.

On to those legal issues, later in the article we read :

] Brian Ferguson, an intellectual property lawyer with
] McDermott, Will & Emery in Washington, D.C., said he
] wasn't familiar with Apple's patent portfolio, but if
] the iPod is patent-protected -- and it likely is --
] the software may well infringe on the patent.
]
] "I'm just speculating, but I'd be surprised if Apple
] didn't patent-protect some of the ideas in the iPod,"
] he said. "If it does infringe on the patents, end of
] story."

Expect total domination. And then whining. -k]

Wired News: Pocket PCs Masquerade as IPods