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Construction needs cloud flexibility
Australia’s embattled construction sector could benefit from cloud based information systems that can be switched on and off in lockstep with individual projects – with the exception of those organisations based in remote areas like the Kimberleys.
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Real, Best Buy do the Sansa with Sandisk
Stan Beer
Friday, 06 October 2006 04:12
The new combination, which will be available in Best Buy stores from October 15, has the necessary elements to compete with Apple's wildly successful iPod and iTunes combination, as well as the upcoming challenge from Microsoft's Zune and Zune Marketplace.
The new agreement will see Best Buy outlets sell the Sandisk Sansa range of Flash based music players, preloaded with the RealNetworks Rhapsody DNA subscription access and streaming system, plus the newly released RealNetworks Rhapsody 4.0 music subscription service.
Unlike iTunes, Rhapsody has a subscription service costing US$9.99 a month for unlimited downloads to PCs and US$14.99 for downloads to portable players. Users can also buy songs for 99c US, the same price as tracks from iTunes.
Best Buy plans to offer a free two-month subscription to the Rhapsody service with each Sansa player purchased.
Rhapsody boasts a simplified interface with drag and drop functionality and automatically generated playlists based on the historical preferences of customers.
Like Zune, the competitively priced Sandisk Sansa range, which come with up to 8GB of Flash storage, also have radio tuners, which the iPod range lacks. However, the Sansa, like iPod, does not have the wireless functionality that is a feature of Zune.
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