Squid - your knowledge of dj equipment doesn't extend beyond the idj posts here, apparently. If you knew thing one, you would look at the pitch fader on this unit and keep quiet.
Uhh, the photos on that dude's blog are fake. I'm not sure if he's posting them knowingly, but there is an OS 9 folder in the dock, as someone pointed out. OS 9 doesn't exist anymore as far as new Mac OS X developments are concerned. Not only that, but I really don't see anything new here...maybe the new developments are real, but the pics don't help this dude's credibility a bit.
First off, this product clearly isn't meant to compete with the iDJ2. End of story, there is no "move over iDJ2'...
Second, I know a lot of people would love to hate on this thing without knowing thing one about the way the DJ industry works, but Gemini is known for putting out affordable versions of other products, and thats what this is.
Given the lack of functionality in Numark's iDJ, what's the point in duplicating the controls on the actual unit? It's not about learning from the old product, it was useless to begin with, now its about capturing the portion of the market that buys the iDJ to by offering a similar product at $100 less. The thing sells in Urban Outfitters..TRUST me, there's a market.
And Ryan, for the record, you're about 6 months late on reporting on this, and if you knew anything about pricing...they list the MSRP on the press release, but the product almost always sells for MAP price, unless the retailer is a moron.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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