Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the no-beefs-with-better-battery dept.
X Bass writes "Available Tuesday, Dell's 15 and 20GB DJ adds to the growing field of iPod wannabes. Is it worthy or is it just another player that falls short of the iPod's greatness?"
Methinks Slashdot needs a new acronym. YAIPOD, anyone?
Re:Acronyms
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Anonymous Coward
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"Go And See This Rival iPod", or, GASTRIPOD
Lack of apt-get for iPod/Dell DJ biggest problem
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Debian+Troll's+Best
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Due to the many hours I spend flying these days attending various open source conferences, a good MP3 player with large capacity and battery life is a must. I have been considering the Apple iPod, and now the Dell DJ very seriously. However, there is one very big shortcoming which both of them suffer from.
apt-get support is absolutely non-existent. When I want my music synchronized from my Debian box to my MP3 player, I want to do it with a simple 'apt-get install music' command. And when Justin Timberlake launches his latest album, adding it to my collection should only be a simple matter of 'apt-get upgrade Justin-Timberlake'.
Does anyone know if there is planned apt-get support in either of these MP3 players any time soon? It's a big issue for me. The only other thing I'd like to see changed is the iPod's interface be altered to use the 'dselect' interface for selecting songs and playlists. That would be cool.
Re:a link that doesn't suck
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iCEBaLM
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Yeah, the "Dell Digital Music Store" has a great selection, I went to that page and imagine my surprise at seeing:
Check out Hoobastank's newest single!
I had to read that name atleast 5 times, while laughing, to make sure it was real.
-- iCEBaLM
Re:Why is the iPod so much better?
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ozbird
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It can double as a portable Firewire/USB2 hard drive.
This is probably the real reason for the iPod's popularity - they can be slipped into purchase orders for Apple hardware as an "external Firewire HDD", and managers won't bat an eyelid!;-)
(No I don't have an iPod, you insensitive clod!)
Re:A summary of what's up
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amembleton
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It looks like there's one, and only one, big advantage of this over the iPod -- this thing has a 16 hour battery life (The Tech TV people tested it and says you will get 15 hours.) That is a really compelling feature; when I spend an entire day driving, or have a long flight with a nasty layover, I can toast my iPod's battery.
The Dell is also a bit cheaper, but not by a lot. A 20 MB unit goes for $329, while Apple sells its 20 MB iPod for $399 at its store. I'd personally want to see the Dell more like 50% cheaper than the iPod for it to be a compelling alternative.
Wouldn't you get a bit bored listening to 20MB of music over and over for 16 hours?
Apple releases iPod
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nitehorse
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Slashdot Mirror
Methinks Slashdot needs a new acronym. YAIPOD, anyone?
apt-get support is absolutely non-existent. When I want my music synchronized from my Debian box to my MP3 player, I want to do it with a simple 'apt-get install music' command. And when Justin Timberlake launches his latest album, adding it to my collection should only be a simple matter of 'apt-get upgrade Justin-Timberlake'.
Does anyone know if there is planned apt-get support in either of these MP3 players any time soon? It's a big issue for me. The only other thing I'd like to see changed is the iPod's interface be altered to use the 'dselect' interface for selecting songs and playlists. That would be cool.
Yeah, the "Dell Digital Music Store" has a great selection, I went to that page and imagine my surprise at seeing:
Check out Hoobastank's newest single!
I had to read that name atleast 5 times, while laughing, to make sure it was real.
-- iCEBaLM
It can double as a portable Firewire/USB2 hard drive.
;-)
This is probably the real reason for the iPod's popularity - they can be slipped into purchase orders for Apple hardware as an "external Firewire HDD", and managers won't bat an eyelid!
(No I don't have an iPod, you insensitive clod!)
It looks like there's one, and only one, big advantage of this over the iPod -- this thing has a 16 hour battery life (The Tech TV people tested it and says you will get 15 hours.) That is a really compelling feature; when I spend an entire day driving, or have a long flight with a nasty layover, I can toast my iPod's battery.
The Dell is also a bit cheaper, but not by a lot. A 20 MB unit goes for $329, while Apple sells its 20 MB iPod for $399 at its store. I'd personally want to see the Dell more like 50% cheaper than the iPod for it to be a compelling alternative.
Wouldn't you get a bit bored listening to 20MB of music over and over for 16 hours?
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
Or if you are a student then no need to take notes.
Isn't the point of notes so that you can have something to review that takes less time to review than the class itself?
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
wait a second...
you signed your post "iCEBaLM" and you're making fun of a band named "hoobastank."
Pot, meet kettle.
Who fucking cares about iPODs?
I say they are an over priced and over hyped pieces of crap.