Dell MP3 afficinados - take heed...

"Dell Learns The Difference Between A Fad And A Failure

Just a couple years ago, Dell's Kevin Rollins claimed that the iPod was "just a fad", despite the fact that Dell's own efforts in the space hadn't been too successful. A year ago, the company apparently decided it was a fad worth copying, as they came out with yet another iPod copycat device. Less than a year later? That device is dead. Fad or not, it would seem that Apple has won this particular round. "

Seems ironic but about a year ago, my cousin and I had an argument on the relative merits of iPod vs. whatever-Dell-was-calling-it MP3 player. Dell's was at the time touted to be of better "value" (although what the calculation was for it I don't know) and that it was well, Dell as opposed to Apple which did nothing to the entire platform except hype.

Now theres an age difference I have with my cousin and I do like him engaging in "devils advocate"-ish views - sort of expands the mind both ways. So I engaged him for a while in what I knew at the offset was a lost cause to explain the entire 360 degree appliance-service concept. Eventually, I gave up when I realized he was arguing for the sake of arguing not because he believed in either viewpoint one way or the other since he had neither of this MP3 players.

Interesting will be the conversation I have with him in a few days. Maybe I'll get him an iPod nano and wrap it in a Dell-Grey silicone cover. Hee hee...

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