Extended. Dell Home has the prosumer Canon EOS 20D 8.2 MegaPixel Digital SLR with 18-55mm Lens for $1599 - 25% code NRR05CM7J0HV4Q [Exp 1/31, 430 uses] = $1199 with free shipping. [Review : BizRate]
8.2-megapixel sensor captures 3504 by 2336 pixel JPEG or RAW images
Includes 18-55mm (3x zoom) f/3.5-5.6 autofocus lens, EF mount compatible
CompactFlash Storage, Powered by rechargeable BP-511A 1390mAh batter
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Amazing price even Costco doesn’t compete with this. If I was still in the market… Now why doesn’t Dell sell Nikon goodies?
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“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.”
-Jack Handy
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Yeah, OK, good luck with that.
First things first, Microsoft is no good at inventing anything. To this day they still don’t have the handheld right.
Windows Mobile is only now starting to be decent and that’s only taken them 15+ years to get close, and it’s only close. It’s good but it’s not great.
They have started bailed, restarted and tweaked Win Pad, Windows CE and now Windows Mobile and still don’t get the fact that handhelds are not just mini desktops.
In the same vain they’ll screw up an mp3 music player.
I refer back to one of my favorite quotes: “Great firms don’t try to be good at everything; they choose where to dominate the competition.†- R.C.
Microsoft has enough fish to fry. They can’t keep tabs on Apple, Google, Yahoo, Sony, Nintendo, and win at everything. It simply can’t be done. They will fail at something. They need to realize that, own up to it and move on.
There’s nothing wrong with entering the market and simply screwing it up for someone else though which they can certainly do.
At this stage of the game however Apple has Microsoft beat in the infrastructure and the device. Don’t get me wrong iTunes isn’t a gem, it’s slow, and bloated. The iTunes store is getting dated, and could use some serious improvements. But Microsoft itself is the pinnacle of “The best doesn’t always winâ€, marketing and market share does. In this case Steve and Apple have out Microsofted, Microsoft.
A Microsoft driven music device would not thrill me. I’d fear I’d have to use a start menu to launch the player, or put it to sleep. Or worse yet, dig out a stylus to set the equalizer. Nope I don’t see it. By the time it gets to market the Apple gang will be significantly ahead and there will be other players who are good at innovating that might have a chance.
No Microsoft, go play in a different sandbox. Pick something else.
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