Dell computer rebate form

Dell Computer is offering consumers a free digital music player for customers that turn in their Apple iPods, the company said Wednesday.

For $99, consumers can exchange any iPod for a 15-Gbyte Dell Digital Jukebox. Customers can also get free shipping, 25 free Musicmatch downloads and a copy of Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition and Windows Media Player 9, for a limited time.

The pay-for-iPod scheme is designed to push Dell's music players, which, like others, have been somewhat lost in the shadows of Apple's marketing machine. Dell claims that its players can run up to 20 hours on a single charge, about twice the battery life of an iPod.

All consumers need to do is buy a 15-GB Dell Jukebox at its regular price of $199, download a $100 mail-in rebate form, and send in their completed mail-in rebate form with the discarded iPod to be "recycled," Dell said.

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