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This is just people hedging their bets, ... They don't want to sour the business relationship if the other side wins. It all reinforces the idea that there will be a format war, and with a format war, nobody wins.
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The Mini is small enough that people will consider adding it to their living room consoles. The transition of bringing the computer into the living room won't happen overnight, but this is a good first step.
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I fully expect to see more directed at the living room cabinet.
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Ultimately, for them to sustain their growth and be successful in the long term, they're going to have to move in new directions and tackle some new product lines that they don't have and haven't historically done. That's going to take significant investment.
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In many ways, I do view portable media players as a technology in search of a market. If I'm carrying music with me, chances are I want to carry something that's a little smaller than a personal music player.
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