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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (8775)	4/5/1999 9:28:00 AM
From: John Solder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

Clearly Sony is pushing Minidisk as the future for Music downloads. And with 120MB Minidisk Audio blank disks selling for $6 or less, it looks like it could be a winner. Lest we forget Sony's pushing of the Betamax as the "future" of video. Sony is not immnune to failures. HiFud is stillborn.

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (8775)	4/5/1999 1:16:00 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10072

something of interest. congratulations. the clik! is still 56% smaller than the Sony Minidisk, and can hold up to 54 minutes of recordings. Sony's MD holds 60 minutes and 74 minutes depending on which disk you purchase. So, per square centimeter, the clik! holds as much information as does the Minidisk.the price you list ($6.99) is one of the prices for the 60 minute, but you give 120mg which is the 74 minute and the cost range on those are up to $14. you can almost fit the Minidisks in the average shirt pocket (tight fit), but you can't fit the recording device in the average shirt pocket. you can fit the clik! drive in the average shirt pocket along with the media. of course, one can download Sony's music to the clik! too. I don't recall you talking about this device. it's been around for some time now. there hasn't been much visible support from the recording houses yet. in many surveys it's been noted that the market overwhelmingly wants a device only as big as a portable phone. the Sony device doesn't fit that criteria.