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Dell Developing MID (Mobile Internet Disaster)

John Paczkowski in News on June 29, 2009 at 3:41 pm PT

The consumer electronics wizards at Dell who brought us the now defunct DJ Ditty MP3 player and the Axim handheld are hard at work on another gadget, a mobile Internet device.

Dell Zune Killer Postponed

John Paczkowski in News on November 10, 2008 at 8:47 am PT

So, Dell’s ambitious return in the digital music player market? Not quite so ambitious. The company has reportedly shelved for the time being its new “iPod Zune killer.” Intended to launch in concert with an online subscription service, the device was to use software developed at Zing, a company Dell acquired last year, to retrieve and organize digital media.

Think of It as More of a "Zune-Killer"

John Paczkowski in News on July 30, 2008 at 9:07 am PT

A glutton for punishment, Dell. Though its foray into the MP3 player market was about as ill-starred as they come (remember DJ Ditty? Yeah, didn’t think so.), the company is gearing up for a second attempt. Unfazed by its Ditty disaster, the company has reportedly developed a second, ahem, “iPod killer.”

Think of It as More of a “Zune-Killer”

John Paczkowski in News on July 30, 2008 at 9:07 am PT

A glutton for punishment, Dell. Though its foray into the MP3 player market was about as ill-starred as they come (remember DJ Ditty? Yeah, didn’t think so.), the company is gearing up for a second attempt. Unfazed by its Ditty disaster, the company has reportedly developed a second, ahem, “iPod killer.”