Dell Announces New Music Player, Download Service

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."

Comments

This sounds what the industry needs

[Amiga Lover]

And something they've been loathe to implement until now. Not only the concept of selling music by a company NOT traditionally involved in the music biz, but expanding that to an integrated system for taking it with you. The old way of buying a CD, taking it with you on a walkman and risking damage, clutter and scratches to the CD is something I don't want to put up with any longer than I have to. I've used a Sony MP3 player for 8 months and while that's a step in the right direction, it hadn't removed the entire concept of HAVING to sell a digital format (CD audio) on a physical medium

Dell, you are brilliant. Running everything from the music downloads, to an integrated portable player for those, skipping the entire idea of reliance on a physical medium. I predict BIG things for this

Re:good luck

[Generic Guy]

[Apple] They sell you quality stuff, and they charge you for that quality.

Yeah, and they also charge you when you need to get that "quality" fixed. Quite a lot, in fact!

(Okay, I admit this is a bit of a troll. But they're repair practices and price structure seem more of a racket than auto dealers. I stopped buying Apple products back in the mid 90's because of it.)