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Dell DJ - what, when, and how much $??

UNCjigga

UNCjigga

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So the next wave of iPod clones is ready to attack. The Rio Nitrus is available now...very small and svelte but severely lacking in capacity. However, two other players have a lot of promise. There's a new HD-based unit from Samsung that will supposedly launch with the new Napster 2.0 (apparently the $9.95/month unlimited download service option will only let you transfer music to Napster-branded MP3 players!)

And then there's the Dell DJ. I first found out about it in my latest Businessweek...then found out more at www.djhacks.com...the biggest Dell DJ fansite as of now. Apparently Dell will be launching their own online music store (enough already?) and jukebox software (please don't rebrand MusicMatch!) to go with this.

Here are the supposed specs based on a guesstimate of which player Dell is rebranding:

- 20 GB hard drive holds up to 500 CD?s worth of music
- High-speed download (Up to 8 MB per second with USB 2.0*)
- MP3 & Windows Media? music file playback, format-upgradeable (AAC possibly?)
- VoiceNav ? Just Say It to Play It!
- Anti-skip Protection - Up to 8 minutes
- FM tuner w/ 12 Available station presets
- Rechargeable, replaceable Li-Ion battery plays up to 12 hours
- Easy-to-use scroll wheel
- Digital voice recorder
- Built-in mic for recording lectures, meetings
- Be your own DJ with playlists
- Normal, shuffle, repeat & intro play modes
- Large, Blue-Green backlit LCD
- Programmable equalizer

I can bet that Gateway will also have their own MP3 player soon too.

So does anyone know anything about these new digital music players? Will the iPod finally be dethroned as the music player of choice for PC users?
 
I have a Dell DJ...so far I'm liking it. i haven't used the iPod though so I don't really have anything to compare it against.

Yes it does have Musicmatch, but you don't have to install it -Dell has file management software you can install to transfer files to and from the DJ. The voice recording is very handy.
 
Originally posted by: Mani
I have a Dell DJ...so far I'm liking it. i haven't used the iPod though so I don't really have anything to compare it against.

Yes it does have Musicmatch, but you don't have to install it -Dell has file management software you can install to transfer files to and from the DJ. The voice recording is very handy.
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when was it released?
 
I think its very cool that Dell is releasing this as I'm sure they'll have aggressive pricing that other companies respond to....consumers win!
 
Since there's already a bunch of images of it released already, I guess there's no harm in posting a pic. 'Scuse the bad focus, my S230 apparently can't take macro shots worth a damn.
 
Originally posted by: Mani
Since there's already a bunch of images of it released already, I guess there's no harm in posting a pic. 'Scuse the bad focus, my S230 apparently can't take macro shots worth a damn.
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not as sleek as the Ipod IMO, but as usual dell will severely undercut the competition and deliver a solid product i am sure
 
Originally posted by: kalster
Originally posted by: Mani
Since there's already a bunch of images of it released already, I guess there's no harm in posting a pic. 'Scuse the bad focus, my S230 apparently can't take macro shots worth a damn.
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not as sleek as the Ipod IMO, but as usual dell will severely undercut the competition and deliver a solid product i am sure
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Not as sleek looking but very solid feeling. All the parts that look metalic are real metal and the sides are a nice high quality rubber. I'm friends with the guy who did the Industrial design for it and I'm always telling him we need more cool stuff like blue LEDs and real metal accents in our products, I guess he took my advice. 🙂

EvilYoda: unfortunately I honestly don't know what the prices will be at launch but it's a safe guess that they'll be equal to or lower than the similarly specced iPod.

kozman: yes, you have to install the software.
 
How is the on-board mic? I've hear complaints from users of other HDDs based MP3 players w/buit in mics that there is a fair amount of mechinal noise due to the HDD spinning up/down as the data in RAM gets written to the HDD. IMO it looks kinda ugly, but maybe it's just a bad picture. 😉


Lethal
 
Originally posted by: LethalWolfe
How is the on-board mic? I've hear complaints from users of other HDDs based MP3 players w/buit in mics that there is a fair amount of mechinal noise due to the HDD spinning up/down as the data in RAM gets written to the HDD. IMO it looks kinda ugly, but maybe it's just a bad picture. 😉


Lethal
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So far the mic has worked great. I have only done a few recordings but haven't noticed any mechanical noise. And yea, it's a bad picture...it looks kind of cheesy in this pic, but it looks much better in person.
 
The DJs are out on Dell website and 15gb is price at C$300 thats about US$220 or about $100 less than equivalent IPOD!

Akaz
 
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