The category has done badly because the products have been too compromised. But now we're seeing technology advances to make them more usable.
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the rest of the industry has margins in the teens on a good day.
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I see the move as largely defensive. A cell phone is not the optimal device for listening to music. Among other things, you need two headsets, one for phone (one ear, with mike) and one for music (stereo phones, no mike).
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There's been this long-term trend at Comdex for the action to move off the floor, ... Originally a lot of the people who came were resellers, and serious business got done in the booths, and the booths weren't that expensive.
Roger Kay
The entire stack gets hurt.
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