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#1 2005-09-21 9:33 pm

Kripto
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Dell Just Can't Do It...

Dell's new DJ Ditty has a name as cool as its' appearance and is meant to compete with the iPod Shuffle...

It has a screen and a one-month subscription to Napster included...

So this or the Shuffle for you?

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#2 2005-09-21 9:35 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

I want it as much as I want a shuffle.

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#3 2005-09-21 9:36 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Ditty sounds gay.

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#4 2005-09-21 9:38 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Shuffle... of course I already have one smile

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#5 2005-09-21 9:50 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Shuffle of course, I'm a loyal mac fanboy wink

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#6 2005-09-21 10:01 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Shuffle of course, I'm too cheap to buy a real iPod.  Anyway I'm on my 2nd shuffle because saving up 100 bucks is nowhere near as big a deal as saving up for 200 of 300.  It's so small that the first one I owned slipped out of my pocket one busy day.

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#7 2005-09-21 10:02 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

one word: fugly.

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#8 2005-09-21 10:21 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

I would say that I will stay with my shuffle.  The whole Napster thing is a non selling point for me.  I just wouldn't feel right about renting music.  I am also so used to iTunes now that I don't think I would be able to change mid stream.  Oh, and my nano is pretty nifty as well.  4X the storage for 2X the price wink

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#9 2005-09-21 11:52 pm

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Except for the ugly Dell logo, and the stupid name, as long as it has decent sound, and a decent interface, it could be good.

It won't hurt Apple, but it's not a bad try.

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#10 2005-09-22 12:32 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

cant use iTunes with it so it sucks.

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#11 2005-09-22 1:51 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

MattElmore wrote:

Shuffle... of course I already have one smile

Ditty er Ditto.

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#12 2005-09-22 4:10 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Dell is not cool.

The stupid name is bad enough, but having that in-yer-face logo on the front kills it for me. Have they learned nothing from Apple??! Also 512MB is a bit pants, isn't it? Otherwise I guess it's ok...

Personally if I had to chose, I'd take the shuffle. Though in reality I'd rather be without a music player for a few more weeks/months/whatever and save up for a Nano. Obviously that is contingent on my NetMD dying, which doesn't look likely to happen any time soon.

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#13 2005-09-22 6:27 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

From the article:

Round Rock (TX) - Taking its first serious steps into the flash memory device market

Looks at Dell flash USB Key.
Wonders what they smoke in Round Rock, TX

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#14 2005-09-22 6:28 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

"If customers want to store more than 20 CDs worth of songs, they should consider one of our hard-drive players," says Nguyen.

Idiot.
It's not about more than 20 CDs worth of songs.
It's about 20 CDs worth of songs and data files, all on one device.

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#15 2005-09-22 8:54 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Dell smurfy big_smile

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#16 2005-09-22 9:11 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

I don't think it'll sell very well.  They're relying on a word-of-mouth advertising campaign.  What the heck?  They probably just couldn't afford to advertise, then turned around and said, "Uh, we meant to do that."

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#17 2005-09-22 9:23 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Well, if they're relying on word-of-mouth, then let's just stop talking about it.

Please.

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#18 2005-09-22 10:01 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

resedit wrote:

"If customers want to store more than 20 CDs worth of songs, they should consider one of our hard-drive players," says Nguyen.

Idiot.
It's not about more than 20 CDs worth of songs.
It's about 20 CDs worth of songs and data files, all on one device.

At 512 MB the only way anyone could have 20 CDs worth of anything is if its in a very compressed format, say like 32 KB/s MP3s & WMAs for example.

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#19 2005-09-22 11:20 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Phydeaux wrote:

Well, if they're relying on word-of-mouth, then let's just stop talking about it.

Please.

Very nice Jon.

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#20 2005-09-22 11:22 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

ConnertheCat wrote:

Phydeaux wrote:

Well, if they're relying on word-of-mouth, then let's just stop talking about it.

Please.

Very nice Jon.

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Damn it.

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#21 2005-09-22 11:34 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Whos nerdier the one who made the reference or the one who caught it?

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#22 2005-09-22 11:35 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

Marc wrote:

Whos nerdier the one who made the reference or the one who caught it?

Or the one that's posing the question because he gets the reference, too?

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#23 2005-09-22 11:35 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

The name sounds more like a lame white guy saying P Diddy

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#24 2005-09-22 11:38 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

I love how they claim a 220 song capacity - if you encode 64Kbps WMA.  Who's gonna do that?

Word of mouth?  Everyone knows what an iPod is.  Hardly anyone knows what a Dell DJ is - or that Dell even makes a player.

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#25 2005-09-22 11:49 am

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Re: Dell Just Can't Do It...

I can just see the talentless corporate schmucks coming up with this truly offensive name after watching the horror which was the VMAs.

Maybe they let the mentally challenged guy in the mail room have a go at marketing, although I think he probably would've come up with somthing better than this crap.

Dell's "Mini-Mini MooMoo Poopy" anyone?

Where did I put that cyanide capsule....

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