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Dell DJ Ditty

Dell DJ Ditty
Dell DJ Ditty, originally uploaded by tychay.

Dell is about to introduce the long-awaited (I’m sure) DJ Ditty (purchase).

An eyesore and an eight month turnaround to copy a device consisting of generic components. Is this what “player-hater”, Robert Enderle, meant when he said, “Historically staid companies like Gateway, HP, Acer, and even Dell are much more aggressive on design today, often surpassing Apple, which was preeminent in this area in the 90s.” Enderle singing a dirge for Apple: Seventh time’s the charm Rob!

$50 cheaper and a screen to boot? Wow, Mark you better hold of getting that iPod Nano for Rose, I’m sure she’ll love it.1

1 Caitlin and I saw the nano in Palo Alto about the same time Mark and Rose saw it in Seattle. Caitlin said, “I didn’t seen the point of the mini, but I understand why people would want to buy this.” Mark mentioned that they had tons of iPod nanos on display in Seattle, “And all the other iPods were being neglected.” Looks like another winner. I wonder how long it will take for Dell to come out with a knockoff of it that nobody will buy.

Have you noticed the difference in presentation between the iPod Shuffle and the DJ Ditty? Wow, Dell can’t you rub two cents together and get a set of decent web designers and brand marketers?

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6 Responses to “Dell DJ Ditty”

  1. tychay Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 12:04 pm

    Motorola’s CEO shows that he just doesn’t get it. Looks like Jobs gave Moto the big shaft with the nano announcement.

    When will people figure out that they can’t run the risk of their battery going out because they are listening to tunes? Or that people don’t want to rev their music player at the same rate as their cell phone?

    The RAZR is so nice and the ROKR is such crap. Everyone on the net is joking that you should just buy a nano and a RAZR and just duct tape them together.

    God knows it’d be more stylish than the ROKR.

  2. The Woodwork » Blog Archive » No more toys for me Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 1:37 pm

    [...] nd developer base. And because I doubt Palm really has the chops to sell to a market where Dell is considered as having surpassed Apple in design. Then again, [...]

  3. Dru’s Blog » Blog Archive » Dell DJ Ditty - I agree with Terry Says:
    September 26th, 2005 at 4:16 pm

    [...] ections Dell DJ Ditty - I agree with Terry Here is Terry’s post, with the eyesore and all. This entry was posted [...]

  4. tychay Says:
    September 27th, 2005 at 8:29 am

    Motorola claims the CEO’s comment was actually a joke.

    I guess I could see that, but it’d be nice if I could hear it in context.

  5. tychay Says:
    August 22nd, 2006 at 10:29 pm

    Dell stopps making MP3 players.

    That was damn easy to call, was it not?

  6. Ray Says:
    December 21st, 2006 at 4:43 am

    Pretty obvious that Dell was going to do it.. Wasn’t it?

    Find Perth’s best DJ’s at Perth DJ here.

    Regards

    Ray

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