33 Quotes by Nitin Gupta

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.