Commodore - Back In The Hardware Biz At Last?

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday June 30, 2004 @02:36PM from the nobody-beats-the dept.

Aphrika writes "Commodore is back in the hardware business [via current owners Tulip Computers] and this time they're taking on... Apple? Due for release in August are three MP3 players; the eVic, fPet and mPet. The eVic is a 20GB (hence the name) hard drive-based player, while the mPet and fPet are closer to the Muvo/iRiver styled flash players. They'll also be hoping you pay a visit to the Commodore World Music Store once in a while to stock up on tunes..." We also recently mentioned Commodore's 'TV Game' and ROM-store projects over at Slashdot Games.

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marketing ploy by grahagre · 2004-06-30 14:40 · Score: 5, Insightful

this is of course a marketing ploy to draw on the vintage name of commodore, and might i say a damn good one; if i didnt have an ipod i'd buy from them right away!
name by senatorpjt · 2004-06-30 14:41 · Score: 5, Insightful

It's not Commodore, it's just the name.

It's like if I started calling my garage Digital Equipment Corporation and started selling pet rocks, it doesn't have anything to do with a VAX.