Apple-Rival Creative to Double MP3 Player Lines
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Computer audio equipment maker Creative Technology Ltd. said on Thursday it would double its MP3 player product lines from its current eight by year-end, stepping up competition for rivals such as Apple Computer Inc.
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The MP3 player will let music fans give other Zune users a taste of their collections -- a cool feature that could turn the iPod generation green with envy. In Listening Post.
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Rival technologies that baffle consumers will run more companies out of business in the nascent music download market than will head-to-head competition, one of the lead creators of MP3 playback technology warned on Wednesday.
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At least a dozen portable music players are angling to steal sales away from Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular line of iPods this holiday season. In the past month alone, five companies have unveiled their iPod challengers &#151; pocket-sized players with hard disks that can store anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 songs.
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Supersleek 5GB digital audio player is set to challenge Apple's IPod Mini.
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Apple Computer has scheduled a special event for next week, fueling speculation that the company could be ready to introduce an updated model of its iPod digital music player.
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Has Creative capitulated to Apple and iTunes? If its new player is any indication, that answer may be yes. Its newest Zen player is the first from the company to support AAC music and iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes Music Store.
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Several rivals of Apple Computer Inc.   AAPL.O plan digital music devices to work closely with their   own online music services, just as Apple's iPods and iTunes do,   The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Computer audio equipment maker Creative Technology will be doubling its MP3 player product lines from its current eight by year-end, stepping up competition for rivals such as Apple Computer.
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Appleâs popular iTunes music service, for use with Appleâs insanely popular iPod music player, will not be today as planned. Company officials are stressing it will be available âvery soonâ though
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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled new versions of the company's market-leading iPod media player Wednesday, including an iPod Nano with a 2.5-inch screen for watching movies and playing games.
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The recording industry is beginning to respond to a proposal made this week by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs calling for an open music system that would allow songs to be played on any device.
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Apple announcement next week? Creative has pre-empted Apple's anticipated announcement of a widescreen iPod Nano with a similarly spec'd tiny media player of its own. The new Zen is also Creative's first device to support AAC-encoded songs.â¦
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A new generation of smaller, sleeker and cheaper MP3 players from the likes of Sony, Rio, Creative and Rave MP are hitting the market this fall, and they all have Apple
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Apple yesterday launched its iTunes Plus service which makes selected tracks compatible with virtually any MP3 player.   Songs from record label EMI's digital catalogue can now be downloaded without digital rights management (DRM) anti-piracy technology.
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Reg review Some market watchers say that mobile phones will eventually supersede standalone MP3 players. Creative&#39;s latest device certainly anticipates such a move, in design if not functionality.
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Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday said it   will introduce a new music service with digital music player   maker SanDisk Corp. SNDK.O and music software company   RealNetworks Inc. RNWK.O to create the latest competing   service to Apple's iPod and iTunes combination.