Making a play in the streaming media space, Computer maker Dell has announced it plans to acquire Zing Systems, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Zing makes software and services which are designed to compliment “always connected” mobile audio and media players, providing tools that let users discover and play new media, and bookmark content they enjoy no matter where they are. Instead of passively tapping into streams, Zing enables users to integrate fresh content into their playlists, bookmark and collect media they like from streamed sources, and share playlists and other content with friends.
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GPS-Based Fitness With MotionLingo
MotionLingo, a developer of GPS fitness and recreation products, earlier this month unveiled a new device for announcing real time statistics while you workout outdoors. The new Adeo Fitness Companion is priced at $149.99 and available now.
The Adeo Fitness Companion, said MotionLingo, is slightly smaller then an iPod and weighs 2.1 ounces. It is designed to collect workout data utilizing GPS and then vocally share that information with its user at selected intervals. Statistics which can be reported on include speed, distance, time, elevation and calories burned. Data collected during a workout can later be uploaded through a USB port from the Adeo to management software on a computer as well as the MotionLingo Web site for more in-depth tracking and analysis.
Dell Gets Some Ditty & Printer Action Going
Dell today added six new personal technology products to their company’s portfolio. These products include all-in-one photo printers, three new Axim 51 handhelds and a new MP3 player known asthe DJ Ditty. The Dell Photo All-In-One Printers 924 and 944, the company said, are priced at $89 and $149 respectively. The 924 prints up to 20pages per minute in black and 16 pages per minute in color and offers a PictBridge port. The 944, meanwhile, prints up to 21 black pages per minute and 16 color pages per minute, offers a PictBridgeport, media card slots and a 2.4” LCD for standalone photo printing. The Axim 51handhelds, priced from $299 to $499 for the X51 and X51v, run off of Windows Mobile 5.0 software. They offer Media Player 10 support, a choice of Intel PXA270 processors, up to 256MB flash ROMand integrated Bluetooth 1.2 and 802.11b Wi-Fi on certain models. The length of a car key sized Dell DJ Ditty MP3 player is priced at $99. It weighs in at 1.29 ounces and supports downloadservices such as Yahoo! Musicmatch and Napster. It also has an integrated FM radio, stores up to 220 songs in a 512MB capacity, plays WMA, MP3, WAV and Audible audio files and has a 1” LCDscreen. "Dell is committed to helping customers get more out of their personal computers for entertainment and productivity by offering complementary products that are easy and fun to usein and outside the home and office," said Michael Farello, vice president of electronics and accessories for Dell’s consumer business. "With every new generation of Dell personal technologyproducts, we continue to increase value for customers by adding innovative and relevant features at attractive prices."
Dell Adds 500GB Hard Drives to Desktops
From the press release:
The Dimension 9100 is the first of Dell’s next-generation desktops offered in alpine white and arctic silver colors to complement the company’s broad array of products such as Inspiron notebook computers and Dell DJ digital music players. Dell also combines its QuietCase technology and industry standard Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) design specifications that can deliver a quieter and cooler system than the previous model, while helping to improve reliability over the life of the product. Dell plans to incorporate the innovative design in future consumer desktops.
Dell’s New 30GB Dell DJ MP3 Player
Dell DJ
The Dell Digital Jukebox 30GB (Dell DJ 30) music player lets music enthusiasts load up to 15,000 songs(d) from their own extensive music collection or from any MP3- or Windows-media based music service. With new Dell DJ support for Microsoft Windows Media DRM 10 (WM DRM10) technology, consumers can choose to sample their favorite band’s entire music catalog through portable online subscription services, or listen to songs they already own on their Dell DJ. Additional features of the DJ30 include:
— Starting price of $299, with up to 12-hour battery life.
Dell Readies Products For Holiday Season
John Hamlin, Dell senior vice president, U.S. Consumer, said the strength of the Dell model enables the company to offer consumer electronics at breakthrough prices on the products customers are most interested in buying now, while still being profitable.
“Our competitors’ prices provide us considerable room to pass on huge savings to our customers. Our high-definition plasma TV is significantly less than other brands with comparable features — less than half the price of one company’s. Our Dell DJ provides more battery life and more storage space at 20 percent less than the price of the No. 1 seller,” he said.
Windows Media Player 10 Final Released
The new player is designed to make it faster and easier for consumers to discover, download, play and transport their digital media, and includes the first built-in Digital Media Mall, which enablesconsumers to browse and acquire music and video from a broad number of online stores. The Digital Media Mall includes access in the United States to CinemaNow Inc., Musicmatch Inc., MusicNow LLC,Napster LLC, Wal-Mart Music Downloads and MSN® Music, a preview of which will be made available tomorrow. Windows Media Player 10 also enables consumers to transfer their music to more than 70portable devices and automatically sync their entire media library — music, video, recorded TV and pictures — to new Windows Mobile (TM) -based Portable Media Centers, which Microsoft announcedwill be available tomorrow at retail.
“Windows Media Player 10 gives users the power of more music and choice, and for the first time makes it possible to sync high-quality music, video and photos to the latest portable devices,” said Will Poole, senior vice president of the Windows Client Division at Microsoft. “Windows Media Player 10 is a key element of Microsoft’s strategy to enable digital media everywhere, with even more to come later this year: more music and video, and more amazing devices for use in the home and on the go.”
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