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16:33 AAPL Apple: Future iPods to control iTunes wirelessly? - LoopRumors (132.25 -3.05)

New information coming into LOOPRumors indicates that future iPods will wirelessly control iTunes. Two different methods will be used to do this. One would enable iPods to act as a remote and control playlists by queuing a song from the iTunes data file, instead of streaming the file. The other method is using AirTunes, by streaming the MP3 files.

The wireless technology is said to be Wi-Fi, enabling the remote operations to work through walls, and allowing compatible with all shipping Macs and wireless networks. While the info we received didn't specify the following, the idea of sharing music wirelessly from iPod to iPod (as the Zune does) is also a possibility for music that has no DRM.