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Dell Announces New Music Player, Download Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the we-can-do-it-too dept.

gotr00t writes "It appears that Dell Computer Corp. has announced that by the end of the year, they will have released their digital audio player, known in short as the 'Dell DJ.' Along with the player, there will also be a digital music download service. Looks like Dell is also joining Apple in the consumer products category."

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  1. Apple blew this one... by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I can understand why Apple decided to release their service as a Mac-only affair for the first couple of months, but I absolutely can't agree with it.

    Apple's stockholders should be storming Infinite Loop right now with pitchforks and torches -- in excluding Windows users, they went out and squandered the sort of lead (time-to-market wise) that CEOs have wet dreams about. And do you think they sold any more Macs than they would have otherwise? I doubt it...

    All in all, I think Dell is in a great position on this one *assuming* that Microsoft doesn't get away with another violation of antitrust law ("You must include a desktop link to our music software or we won't sell you any copies of Windows").

    I wonder what Dell will become if they escape from being Just Another Wintel vendor...

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    1. Re:Apple blew this one... by goat_attack · · Score: 5, Interesting
      Apple's working on a PC version of iTunes as we speak. It should be out in October I believe.

      A simultanious PC release of the iTunes Store probably would have led to widespread problems. (BuyMusic.com anyone?) And it would be tough to recover from the PR fallout of a disasterious launch. Better to do it right first, than fix it later (if only more companies worked this way...)

  2. Re:Another "Apple is our R&D dept." idea. by LionMage · · Score: 5, Interesting
    In a recent Newsweek article, Apple let slip that iTunes for Windows has been moved up, apparently because development has progressed faster than expected. They're citing an October release, now, less than a month away:
    And Apple, NEWSWEEK learned, quietly informed some music insiders that it's moved up the date for expanding its current Mac-only iTunes for the vast universe of Windows-based PCs to mid-October. Apple couldn't be reached for comment.