AAC is and has been the audio codec of choice for some time now. With all of the majors signed up, Apple's service provides what the other sub. services have not been able to do. Codecs are a dead issue now, IMO.
Several players including those from Panasonic, Toshiba and Creative have offered AAC, WMA and MP3 compatible players for some time.
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