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iPod Casualties Offer New-In-Box Bargains
An anonymous reader writes "For the last few years makers from Creative to Virgin have proclaimed their latest digital audio player to be an iPod Killer, only to watch those portables flame-out in the marketplace. This doesn't mean there was anything wrong with them, in fact some were pretty decent. They just couldn't compete under all the iPod hype. It turns out that this pattern has created a huge sub-market of new-in-the-box stock, sold for pennies on the dollar to overstock vendors who then pawn them off cheap to the public. For the price of a basic iPod Shuffle you can now acquire some well-equipped units from a few years back. Examples include the 40GB Toshiba Gigabeat F40 and AlienWare's CE-IV with external speaker system."
Earlier today there was article covering the MS Zune, and now here's an Apple iPod "killer" article. I realize what's important is that both companies are huge, but I'm allergic to DRM, and immune to hype, so neither is at the top of my list.
I'm going to remain hopeful that the next article will both answer your question, and be informational to Slashdotters like myself. Perhaps the gears of the submission machine just need a little grea$e.
Come on! /..
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