It does one thing well and can be easily understood by consumers. The compelling consumer benefit is the convenient integration of CD and Internet audio. A single, smart device tracks all the available music that a consumer owns and offers a variety of ways to play it. The biggest challenge lies in assembling the all the necessary subsystems, including the file system, CD audio, user interface, and so on. Microsoft Windows CE can address many of the needs.
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The next level of consumer benefit in digital music is the interconnection of these smart music devices. Having CD and Internet audio integrated in one place is a good start. Making your music available to you in other rooms, at work, in the car, and on the move is the next important step. Many of the challenges of the connected Virtual Jukebox have already been addressed. However, there are new issues that will extend the scope of existing plans.