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Saturday, September 14, 2002DataPlay
pocketnow.com Discussion - pocketnow News: DataPlay is Here Proving that some things actually do make it to market, PocketNow reports a device capable of playing DataPlay disks is made it to market. DataPlay was shown at Comdex several years ago, and at that time rumors (and hopes) were that there would be a way to use them with Pocket PCs since they promised to provide 500 MB disks for a low price. I wonder if the lower price of CompactFlash and Secure Digital cards have made DataPlay irrelevant? [PocketPCHow2 Log]
DataPlay will be a flop. On the storage side, they don't have rewritable media. Bzzt, game over. On the music end I do not believe that there is real consumer demand to replace CDs. DataPlay has some advantages over MiniDisc and CD-based MP3 players, but they've priced themselves well beyond that market. DataPlay is up in iPod territory. For the money, which would you rather have?
