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My Sony CLIÉ runs Palm OS 4.x, but it plays MP3s. Why won it run AeroPlayer?

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My Sony CLIÉ runs Palm OS 4.x, but it plays MP3s. Why won it run AeroPlayer?

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Older CLIÉs use a DSP (a type of additional processor) to decode MP3 files. AeroPlayer uses only standard Palm OS hardware in order to ensure compatibility with future Palm-Powered devices, so all decoding is performed using the main CPU.