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Old 10-04-2004, 07:00 PM
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Default Roc-A-Fella Rocbox

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/04/technology/04urban.html?oref=login&th&oref=regi

"As the trading of MP3 files ate into music sales, Damon Dash, the 33-year-old entrepreneur behind Roc-A-Fella Records, turned his hip-hop music company into a platform to sell other, more profitable products. He built Rocawear, a hip-hop-inspired clothing line, into a $300-million-a-year business. He launched Armadale Vodka, Tiret New York luxury watches and America, an urban luxury fashion magazine. He even bought the venerable Pro-Keds name to use on a new line of athletic shoes. Now Mr. Dash is taking his celebrity and music-infused marketing approach to a product line closer to the source of his troubles: MP3 files. In November, he will introduce a line of MP3 players under the name Rocbox, including one aimed squarely to compete with Apple Computer's iPod."



Hmm, he claims the RocBox is an alternative to the iPod, but to me it just looks like the 3G iPod, sans the wheel. :roll: Innovation is not present here....
 
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Old 10-05-2004, 12:45 AM
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Where's the bling? I expected something from Roc-a-fell to have a little more flash. Where's the big diamond encrusted dollar sign on the front? I thought that's why they took out the scroll wheel.
 
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Old 10-05-2004, 05:18 PM
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Actually, in that picture, the device in black on the right looks a lot like iRiver's H-series (with iPod-like buttons).

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