Creative, Sonos take on Apple
updated 01:05 pm EDT, Thu September 14, 2006
Creative, Sonos up ante
Creative and Sonos today stepped up the competition for Apple following the Cupertino-based company's special event on Tuesday. Creative has unveiled the Zen Vision W (site not updated) widescreen digital media player with a 4.3-inch color TFT display and support for Amazon Unbox. Creative's latest video player will ship in 30GB and 60GB capacities for $300 and $400, respectively. Comparatively, Apple's new video iPods are already available via the company's online store for $250 and $350 in 30GB and 80GB capacities, respectively. Sonos, meanwhile, is offering plug-and-play access to millions of songs via its Sonos System Software 2.0, an update to its digital music system that allows users to connect directly to thousands of radio stations without installing an application or turning on a computer. The new offerings stand to compete with Apple's latest iPods and revitalized iTunes software, as the iPod-maker works to maintain its dominance in the digital music industry.
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Aug 2005
Yawn
So what? Another online store, another iPod wanna-be... neither of which will match the power of iPod+iTMS. I find it extremely amusing that company still try and make money off of a market that is CLEARLY DOMINATED by Apple and will be for a LONG LONG time.