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# RealNetorks Vs. Apple: The Portability Wars Continue
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/realnetorks_vs_/
- Published: 2005-04-27T08:31:50.000Z
- Updated: 2005-04-27T08:31:50.000Z
- Description: RealNetworks has "quietly been updating its Harmony interoperability software..,. (and) Real a-la-carte downloads will once again work with every iPod model, even after various Apple firmware upgrades." according to Digital. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2005/04/realnetorks_vs_.h
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

[![Real_4](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/real_4.gif "Real_4")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/real%5F4.gif&ref=hypebot.com)

RealNetworks has "quietly been updating its Harmony interoperability

[![Ipodgirl_2](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/ipodgirl_2.jpg "Ipodgirl_2")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/ipodgirl%5F2.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

software..,. (and) Real a-la-carte downloads will once again work with every iPod model, even after various Apple firmware upgrades." according to Digital Music News and others.

Several label execs and other industry figures have also been chiding Apple to open up it’s format, rightly stating that the lack of incompatibility of various downloads between devices and platforms is the greatest single impediment (other than pricing) to explosive growth in the music download market.