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Friday, 08 July 2005 |
Dell
Takes Aim at iPod with Napster Deal
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Tech News - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
Apple's iPod now enjoys a close to 90 percent market share and Dell's DJ
players, like MP3 players from other manufacturers, have been battling to chip
away at the commanding market position of the iPod for years. Mostly with no
luck.
Dell Latest News about Dell made a major move yesterday to cut into iPod's
commanding market share. The computer giant inked a deal with Napster Latest
News about Napster that will put the digital music service's entire library on
Dell servers located on university campuses to make it easier for students to
legally download songs.
Currently, university networks become clogged and slow as students attempt to
download music. Storing the music locally on a Dell PowerEdge 1855 server would
alleviate the problem.
The deal also could be a boon to Napster, which already has its service at 13
universities but could see the number soar.
Both companies announced that the University of Washington was the first school
to sign up for the plan, which is offered at a discount to ordinary Napster
downloads.
Michael Dell's giant computer maker also will sell Napster-to-Go discounted from
its usual $14.95 a month unlimited download price.
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