Dell DJ and Dell Music Store Details

nice to see some original creative thinking going on at Dell and Musicmatch then....:rolleyes: though being dell, it'll be preinstalled I would guess on all their new machines and give it huge market penetration, in much the same way as emmm$ can do with their service...people often use what softwares given to them on PC's as they don't know or dont care how to install new software or look for alternatives. Apple has this problem on the wintel side of the fence, unless they can strike a deal with the likes of AOL to include it as a component that is installed with their service...mayber the iPod will be enough to get it onto peoples computers though....

I hope this means that iTMS for Windows is coming out soon. Last thing I want to hear about is all my friends and their Dells, downloading music from their own service.

the industry feeling that an integrated jukebox/store application is the way to go

Oh is that what they think? It never ceases to amaze me when I see jobs whose criteria is stating the obvious.

Originally posted by Macrumors
CNet's article comments on the industry feeling that an integrated jukebox/store application is the way to go...

Isn't it what the iTMS/iPod combo is?

Good thing that they're rebranding the Creative JB - The Zen MX is pretty sweet, and maybe Dell will let it play AAC files. I wish the iPod would get the same sound quality that Creative's had for years.

I think we should all launch an online music store. It can be powered by the same back end.

I wonder what will happen when customers realized that the half dozen or so PC centric online music stores are basically the same store with just a different front. If Apple wants to stay ahead of the game it needs to find a way to differentiate itself.

Exclusives are good. I've bought several songs that you can't buy at a traditional store (usually remixes). Good luck, Apple.

I should start a company where I'd take products by companies we all know and love and then put my name on them and sell them as my own. Since they'd all have my brand on them, they'd obviously be original and unique. Damn! Dell beat me to it.

:D

Ok, why is it taken so long for Apple to come out with a shi** version of iTunes for PC???

People are coping the ideas and have time even to produce the software.

Damn, with the slow ditribution of the G5 and the iTunes software I gues some people are under too much pot at Apple.

If Apple has the crappy market share they actually have is because they want to.

Danget! Why can't Mike Dell come up with his own dang ideas!?!? He copies EVERYTHING Apple does and calls it "innovation." Ya right... please... Dell can kiss my arse.

As for iTunes for Windows, expect Apple to get on the ball once Dell and these other people start releasing new online music stores. I'm sure they'll have it ready by late October when they release Panther... ;)

I can't help but remember just before the iPod debuted that Jobs said this would "change everything." The press passed this off as Jobsian überhype and RDF, but in retrospect ... he was right.

Apple was obviously in the early stages of developing ITMS when the iPod came out, and it was the combo that created the critical mass, but regardless, thanks to Apple, music will never be the same.

I imagine with Jobs, this philosophy goes far beyond music, so eventually all digital media (as part of the Digital Hub concept) will receive the same treatment. But the main beneficiaries are always going to be Mac users. This may seem like Apple letting Dell and MS simply scoop up the Windows side of the equation, and letting them claim the "innovation" for themselves, but in this case, it's readily apparent to all that Dell is "copying" the true innovators. Dell is seen in the press as lunging for the money with no inspiration or risk on their part, just drafting in Apple's innovative wake.

And dayyam, is that DJ fuhglay!

If/When ITMS for Windows launches (probably at the same time as Dell's), Apple should be able to hold its dominance. The real test here, isn't if Apple can innovate (a given), it's whether they can ultimately capitalize on their intellectual capital, instead of historically allowing others to sneak off with the profit and market share.

I'm hoping they can this time. I'm sure that's what the market is looking at, because never have I seen as many opportunities for Apple (in these days of distain for the MS "monoculture" and its national security risks) as right now.

Let's see if they can seize this chance to break out of the niche...