Nitin Gupta Quotations

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.

We're seeing, in the past few months, a trend towards longer form content becoming available for free and supported by advertising .

We want people to kind of help us choose what to listen to. This device kind of fills that role.

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.

I think it's the most intriguing part of the deal.

It has been difficult for competitors to displace Apple because they haven't offered anything different.

Using the audio player will not diminish its capabilities. It's not a realistic concern when using flash-based phones.

Those who are serious about the latest high-definition games need more power, but until the manufacturers add capabilities for playing next-generation, high-definition video, it remains a niche market.

There are promising alternatives. But there need to be integrated marketing efforts, (instead of) requiring the customer to put the package together.

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.

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.

Transformational ideas like the Walkman are hard to come by these days.

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.

This type of content is now driving sales, and Apple is leading the way in media consumption.

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.

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.

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.

Sony has tremendous brand strength in portable-audio players. And the digital-audio market is going to expand dramatically in the next few years.

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.

Apple was there first. They provided an elegant solution and a vertically integrated solution that works very well.

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.

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.

This also helps DirecTV. XM has established a pretty good brand out there, but XM certainly has more to gain out of this relationship.

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.

There's been a lot of speculation about the iPod phone, which represents a trend toward providing handhelds with digital-content playback capabilities.

It was going to happen eventually. It just happened sooner rather than later.

That's something a lot of PC makers are struggling with today and it's something Apple has done really well.

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.

The best-case scenario would be that one format will drop out, eliminating the confusion, but it appears that both are prepared to go to market, and they both have significant support.

The new card will provide Bank of India's customers with secure and convenient electronic access to their own money anytime, anywhere.

That's certainly something they could implement. The real issue is the purchased music portion. That's not going to change anytime soon.

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.

By adding MTV into the mix, Microsoft has given its Media Player a huge boost.