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Dell Drops Plans for Zing Player

Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 8:50 AM - by

PC maker Dell planned on jumping back into the portable MP3 player game this holiday season with its Zing, but those plans are on hold, and the iPod competitor may get scuttled completely, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Dell had hoped to get its digital media player on the market in time for holiday sales, but so far the device hasn't materialized. One unnamed source close to the matter claimed that the player has been put on hold indefinitely, and that Dell plans to focus instead on software that downloads and organizes music and movies for PCs.

Despite the decision to drop the Zing player, Dell's retail boss, Michael Tatelman, thinks they still have some exciting products on the way, but probably not until after the holidays. "You'll see some very sexy products coming out of Dell," he said.

It looks like -- at least for now -- Apple's iPod is won't face any threat from Dell.

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Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:05 am

Well, if they hadn't been so pigheaded, they could have partnered in the iPod. Not that Apple isn't as culpable. They are.

Egos continue to get in the way of progress, much less cooperation.

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Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:33 pm

Seriously? An iPod competitor, unless it is about $50.00 than a comparable iPod and can more, it's never going to do well. Just get a cheap Chinese player for $25.00 - $50.00 if you want to throw money away on a non-iPod device. They do the basics and work like memory sticks, some even have radio and can play AVis.

The mp3 player market belongs to Apple. It's over, give it up or give us something new.

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Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:19 pm

I hope it isn't over. Competition is a good thing. Maybe someday somebody out there will get it right and produce something that will give the iPod a run for its money, which means Apple will have to come up with something even more compelling. If everyone else just gives up, Apple would become Microsoft.

Yuck.

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