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Dell DJ: Yet Another MP3 Player

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?"

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  6. Ideas/Layout by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Compare iPod's site with
    Dell's Music Store First. Apple has tabs at the top. They're blue and rounded. Dell has something similar. Blue, tab-like devices. Next a grayish color for sub-panels. Dell has a grayish panel for subtitles. .99 cents as a price point for songs. And that's about where the similarity ends.
    In my opinion Dell's site is visually . . . boring. Apple has a tendency to make their layouts some resemble, what I consider to be, professionally done (magazine-esque) style forms.
    Secondly, the Dell device which I will now call "Dr. Device" (in honor of Ender's game) seems bulky. It reminds me of a calculator I saw that was from the early 80's, maybe late 70's.
    I have a question, and I don't intend this as a troll or a flamebait, but why is it (and correct me if I'm wrong) that much of the Wintel side is too cautious to create their own markets and test innovative technologies in the same way that Apple does? I mean, Dell would have -never- come out with any of this if not for the iPod and the iTunes music store.
    And then there's longhorn. Acknowledging the fact that XP was trying to visually compete with Aqua, we now have longhorn which attempts at a darkened brush metal theme. There's a billion UI ideas out there, and the only one seeming to make any progress in them in the commercial space is Apple.
    So, what about Linux? I see a lot of WM's attempting to -be- someone else. LiteStep, etc - NeXT. A vast majority attempting to emulate Windows. Some BeOS. Some Mac OS X. I just . . . wish there was some more coherent creativity in product design outside of Cupertino, California.
    That said, price points may attract people to the Dell device (ONLY) if they're not aware of the iPod. The thing looks detestable.

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