Sandisk and Yahoo Team Up to Compete with the iPod

To capture market share from the iPod ecosystem, SanDisk and Yahoo Music decided to team up to deliver a new product expected to be more autonomous than the iPod. thanks to its WiFi capabilities, one will be able to connect to Yahoo Music from WiFi hotspot to purchase online music tracks, as well as browsing on Yahoo web services, and listening to web radios.

This new product illustrate the new way followed by manufacturers aiming to compete with Apple and its iPod; not trying to offer an iPod-like product, but rather a product with similar functions and innovative or unique features.