For those of us to whom this means nothing (namely all of us) - this system will allow Apple to find out how long an iPod owner has been listening to music and at what volume. Reports suggest that there will be no way around this - not even by turning your iPod off and on again - as the system includes a way for Apple to figure out “the amount of ‘quiet time’ between when the iPod is turned off and when it is restarted”.
If this, according to Apple, is too short a period, your iPod will remain in “whisper” mode. The move is sure to set off tirades about nannying, interference etc, but Apple is said to be responding to a raft of lawsuits in the US from complainants claiming that their iPod has blasted their ear drums.
Should this latest patent be granted, iPod users won’t be given the option of turning the noise limiter off, which is sure to save Apple further hefty pay-outs in the law courts while seriously annoying those of us who like it loud.
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