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Filed under: Apple Corporate, iPod Family, Apple

Apple, Portal Player parting ways

Portal Player, the long time supplier of media chips for the iPod, has been told that Apple will be going with another vendor for mid and high end, flash-based players (the shuffle and nano, presumably). This is bad news for Portal Player, as the iPod has accounted for 90% of their revenue, EETimes reports.

There's no word on who has won the newly available contract, but analyst Craig Berger of Webbush Morgan Securities listed Samsung, SigmaTel, Actions, or LSI Logic as possibilities, in that order. Sorry to hear it, PortalPlayer. I'll miss your smiling logo.

[Via MacNN]

Filed under: iPod Family, Rumors

iPod chip manufacturer to make WiFi components

Far be it for us to perpetuate completely unfounded and baseless Apple rumors, but here we go. Chip manufacturer Portal Player, the company that makes the audio chips for our beloved iPods, has announced their intentions to add WiFi and bluetooth support to their line of products (can you say bluetooth headphones and wireless file transfer?). Of course, neither Portal Player nor Apple has given even the slightest indication that a wireless iPod will result, but that doesn't mean we can't dream, right? I, for one, would welcome such a device.

[Via Engadget]

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