Less than a year ago, direct-marketing, computer-making, product-design-genius powerhouse Dell trotted out tiny, inexpensive DJ Ditty music players to compete with Apple’s entry-level iPod shuffles. About the size of a disposable lighter, the Ditty’s were touted as being compatible with PlaysForSure-savvy services like Yahoo Music and Napster, offered an FM receiver, a one-inch LCD screen, 512 MB of storage, and started off with a $100 price tag which eventually dwindled down to the mid-$50 range.
