Electronista: Dell’s planned return to MP3 players will include not just one but two devices and a hardware-independent software approach, say multiple sources of BusinessWeek.
Without providing full details, the magazine claims that a second device beyond the original Wi-Fi player will arrive but that both will launch after the software that they will use, shipping in early 2009 rather than September.
The software in question has also received new details and is designed to challenge the single-device nature of iTunes and the iPod, the report notes. Zing’s already confirmed software will allegedly be sent to “other companies” besides Dell, including cellphone manufacturers and multiple online music stores, with the goal of creating a more universal standard and to permit media sharing between devices and users.
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