"We've had a long history of trying with different products and we all have our own opinion on the results."

Yes we do, documenting different variations of working products while differentiating ability is definitely a plus.

Multi codec

voice recognition

Voice dictation

Voice recording

removable HDD

removable flash

optical disk

Non removable memory

PC interface

Video

play list

premium content protection

etc......

It was important to get each and everyone of those concepts demonstrated in the market. Just as the so called prior art did we are now being challenged by..and if you can make a few bucks the better.

Every issue they presented to the market was fast to market.

Anyone want to now take a stab at why?

Everything they do is always leading what the industry eventually does..

The industry follows this company ....it's now following the latest consideration, having been highlighted long before the most recent SMH.

doni