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Old 07-30-2005, 08:36 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by gadgetguru
Not great.... for HP. It's the right decision, but since HP can't market nor sell it's competing player until Aug. 2006, I think the agreement was terminated too early.

5% of 6.2 million player (ipods sold last quarter) is 310,000 unit. At say, $200 a pop, that still 62 Million of revenue. More than probably most other competing players has...
I think it makes sense for HP. They are a technology company not a distributor, so why should they resell someone else's product? They weren't making much money for reselling iPods either, or they wouldn't have stopped the deal.
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