Nitin Gupta
Nitin Gupta
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These devices do a lot, but the message gets muddled. What are they for? The big challenge is to create a reason to watch video on a tiny screen.
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We're going to see some type of portable device that offers some PDA elements but is very consumer-focused, and that means more entertainment functionality.
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We want people to kind of help us choose what to listen to. This device kind of fills that role.
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This is a service targeted at a device that millions of people are buying, and the mobile phone is a good vector for audio, but manufacturers and carriers still have to convince consumers that the phones are not just communications devices.
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Sony has tremendous brand strength in portable-audio players. And the digital-audio market is going to expand dramatically in the next few years.
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Vista will provide content owners with a more secure platform to deliver their premium content. However, it will take more than an operating system to turn the PC into a media hub. Creating innovative consumer experiences around premium content will help expand the market for content delivery via the PC. Vista is not the key component.
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Video was inevitable in digital audio players; to actually build the consumer demand portion of that, there really needs to be compelling content. What's promising is that you have one of the biggest content companies in the world willing to experiment with this. But I'm doubtful it will appeal (right now). What will be more compelling is $10 for a whole season. But with Apple and Disney talking, it brings the ability for innovative distribution deals to come to light.
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Using the audio player will not diminish its capabilities. It's not a realistic concern when using flash-based phones.
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If they can cross the boundary into the cell phone, satellite radio will have cleared the last major hurdle. MP3s are nice but the penetration of cell phones is phenomenal, and if they can get the technology down to the size where they can integrate it into a cell phone, it will be a huge step toward the mainstream for satellite radio.
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This will give a larger subscriber base a chance to try XM content without going through the hassle of getting the necessary equipment. If they find the programming valuable, it would be a lot easier to sign them up. The added distribution that XM will get from this relationship will be very beneficial.
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There are a lot of users who, in the past, wouldn't consider switching to a Mac because they need applications that don't run on a Mac.
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We've heard it all before. We've heard so much rhetoric that this race is now anticlimactic. At this point, just show me the DVD player already.
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This type of content is now driving sales, and Apple is leading the way in media consumption.
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Transformational ideas like the Walkman are hard to come by these days.