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HP to Launch Music Service

Jumping on the online music service bandwagon (which is starting to get fairly crowded), HP has announced that it will launch its service, along with a new MP3 player, at the January 2004 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

I'm all for competition, but do we really expect hardware makers to offer the best music service? Apple is somewhat of an exception, since it produces the entire customer experience. But Dell and HP are just box makers...what do they know about music services?! Needless to say, I'm underwhelmed with anticipation.