Dell's SideShow-enabled, Bluetooth sportin' MP3 player

We thought Dell was out of the DAP game for good once they killed off the Ditty, but our agents spied a gadget that may possibly be that SideShow-enabled Dell digital audio player we heard rumors about a few days ago. Nothing official yet, but what you're looking at is a "production-ready concept design" for a DAP that's supposed to pop into a dock on your laptop or desktop where it would double as a SideShow display. The model we spotted sported 1GB of storage, Bluetooth (no word on A2DP), and touch-sensitive controls. No word on when, or even if, this thing might see the light of day, but now we're pretty damned curious. Click on for a couple more pics.

[Matt Brydon @ Jan 8th 2007 6:51AM]

is it just me or does this "concept" pmp already look pretty used, i think this one may already have seen its fair share of dell executives trouser pockets.

[BenN @ Jan 8th 2007 6:52AM]

Er... Where's the DELL logo in the last picture?

And I'm fairly certain I just saw this device in an on10 video about Windows Sideshow, where it was actually an LG device. Is this actually an MS concept licensed out to other companies?

[Ebzy @ Jan 8th 2007 6:59AM]

probably stuck inside the dell executives trouser pockets.

[standntall @ Jan 8th 2007 11:24AM]

It's backlit and not lighted

[Matt Brydon @ Jan 8th 2007 6:58AM]

very good point ben, cant believe i missed that!, judging by the style of the buttons, i would put money on it being produced by LG or Samsung.... just a thought......

[BenN @ Jan 8th 2007 7:11AM]

http://www.on10.net/Blogs/larry/new-sideshow-announcements/

About 10 minutes in to the video he pulls out an MSI device that looks remarkably similar... They're everywhere...

[Person157 @ Jan 8th 2007 7:47AM]

Sideshow suddenly makes a whole lot more sense to me now. And has anyone else noticed that the first picktre says "Slideshow Player". Closest thing they could get to "Sideshow" I spose.

[shifuimam @ Jan 8th 2007 8:22AM]

Anyone else notice the last picture has no Dell logo?

Could be a fake...

[xxdesmus @ Jan 8th 2007 1:11PM]

The Dell logo is not in the final picture because the touch sensitive controls are not activated, hence the Dell logo is not illuminated.

[v_dogg @ Jan 8th 2007 9:57AM]

why does it only have a gig???

[Sam @ Jan 8th 2007 11:59AM]

If it doesn't have A2DP its worthless.

[MearWolf @ Jan 8th 2007 12:03PM]

How does a SideShow device work when it's not plugged in? wireless?

[Phil @ Jan 8th 2007 12:12PM]

the slideshow player is a gadget made by microsoft to show a slideshow of photos

it just happes to be similar to sideshow...

[PEZ @ Jan 8th 2007 3:50PM]

Are there any other type of controls that ARENT touch sensitive? Do most other players go with MIND sensitive controls? Haha ;)

It would be great if this popped into a PCMCIA slot, rather than having yet another weird proprietary poop slot for something with 1GB of memory.

[Phil @ Jan 8th 2007 4:35PM]

if you watch that video linked above, it explaines

basically, by usb, bluetooth, wifi, serial, or rf.

[Tab @ Jan 8th 2007 5:44PM]

Looks like a Meizu Miniplayer? The scroll bizwack to the side is different but looks to be the same idea.