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The Sonicblue Tigard boyz who did the Rio portables called the same feature Rio LogiTrack (TM).



Wasn't LogiTrack a IBM invention to do with putting a specially encoded "servo track" on the top or bottom surface of every disk drive to ensure the heads moved accurately (courtesy of the servo track) to the correct cylinder everytime?

In any case, SOUP mode is WAY better than LogiTrack - but I guess trying to Trademark SOUP(TM) after Apple had used it in the Newton, would be, well, like, trying to sell a bunch of Apple Newtons to those who couldn't write.

I don't think TOWODI [The Obvious Way of Doing It] has quite the same "ring" as SOUP either.

Can't quite see this marketing message taking off:

"the new Rio Saturn(TM) from SonicBlue, allows you to forget tiresome playlists, as it now comes with the new TOWODI feature that lets you organise your music anyway you like simply by using the existing song data in a new way..."