VEGAS READ - Watch out, Apple, iPod has finally somewhat serious competition. Saunter simply around die exhibition resounding to consumer electronics Show this week, and you find attractive alternatives to music the device of the scoop of the speedy players like SanDisk (nasdaq: SNDK -
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people ), creative technology (nasdaq: CREAF -
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people ) praise themselves and Samsung, die snazzy Designs and more bang for Dollar. Gone die clunky user interfaces of some years before, back, when the distance was to everyone between iPod and otherwise painfully obvious. Competitive device manufacturer clearly from Apple learned (nasdaq: AAPL -
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people ) this cannot consumers with a strong set of characteristics they harness, it is they attention for the aesthetics of their players also pay. Apple towers still more over its rivals and demonstrated with the iPhone and iPod Note that it remains an unyielding pioneer, instructed company the impressing 69% United States market for hand means players during the first 11 months of 2007, not surprisingly according to the NPD group. But that is down something from 71% during same period the year more earlier and down from 76% during the first half of 2006. And judgement-end from the fast improving quality of the competition, further Kw_marketanteil of wear views not only possible however probably Die probabilities for increased competition view well at low the end to digital player market. Kw_curious an aspect of overhaul Apple iPod product line in September war that it low does not cost include substantivische changes at iPod the schlurfen, to smallest companys and to music players. Kw_current schlurfen is practically identical to previous the model, with that a same gigabyte storage capacity and Kleinprice of $79. For same price screen creative technology sales the something larger, but still miserable, Zen stone plus mp3 more player, which four times marks die storage capacity than the schlurfen, a small that announcements track info., a FM radio, an inserted microphone and, in a new feature presented Monday, an inserted more speaker. SanDisk has its own alleged Schlurfenmoerder in the form of the Sansa tie-clip, which also A screen to view the song titles, to a FM radio and to inserted microphone marks. On Monday SanDisk said, which plans it to release a new version $80 of the tie-clip in the February which has four gigabytes storage capacity and chic mirror finish on the front side of the device. Kw_facing video able ipod nano revived competition of the rivals, die that of the Nanos smooth profile quite to even bring together, but are not expressed hardly an embarrassment in views or characteristics knew. Kw_View Sansa SanDisks has twice die storage capacity of the nano for the same price. Creative VierFour gigabyte and its Zen of player single sales for smaller than die same sorted models of the nano, although the Zen a larger praises itself, screen and a FM AchtEight gigabyteversionen radio, which, if you did not represent it already out, are feature everyone iPod, lacked. And naturally you do not forget to Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT -
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people ), which began, to sell a new line of Zune means players in November. The new Zunes received mixing reports however view more sleeker than Ziegelstein-wie of first generation models Die list includes also the first flash memory Zunes also and gives it a position in the untereren end for first time., that to NPD, Microsoft According is market, had 3,1% United States central players market during the first 11 months from 2007. Here it bets that company the will handle to extend its market portion this year. There are two possible wild maps to watch for. First is Dell (nasdaq: DELL -
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people ). Computer manufacturer the pulled out central players business the 2006. But last year, acquired it Zing, Mountain View, Calif., die company technology, die software developed, around hand devices to receive flowing phase audio to make possible draws in by WicFi, something, die into die devices already is connected, die by SanDisk and Sirius satellite radio (nasdaq to be formed: SIRI -
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people ). Die second wild map is Apple itself. Kw_company not to top the heap of the digital means players remained, by it on its hands sitting.
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