Nitin Gupta
Nitin Gupta
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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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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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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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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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There might not be a lot of demand among current iPod users, but the real attraction will be among those who don't have the music players but want to try digital audio.
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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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This is some low-hanging fruit. Apple tried to sell the lack of a screen as a feature with the Shuffle, so the Shuffle is easy to compete against. But you have to look at the whole environment. Apple's iPods are doing fabulous and their online music store, iTunes, is No. 1.
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Dell is going after Apple's low-hanging fruit with a price and memory capacity that are about the same as the Shuffle. It might be a more compelling device, with the screen and FM tuner, but Apple has its popular iTunes library and offers a better user experience.
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Apple was there first. They provided an elegant solution and a vertically integrated solution that works very well.
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This also helps DirecTV. XM has established a pretty good brand out there, but XM certainly has more to gain out of this relationship.
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In terms of being there when the market begins to take off, that is beneficial. ABC got the ball rolling with their deal with Apple and there is value in being part of the game first.
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By adding MTV into the mix, Microsoft has given its Media Player a huge boost.
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That's something a lot of PC makers are struggling with today and it's something Apple has done really well.
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The beginning of a legitimate service would be filling a consumer need. I don't think $1.99 is a compelling business model. ABC is trying to gauge the market.