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Hewlett-Packard unveils portable music player in Miami Beach.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2004
By Ian Katz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 28--Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, using MTV's Video Music Awards as a backdrop, launched H-P's model of Apple Computer's popular iPod portable music player during a presentation in Miami Beach on Friday.
Fiorina also showed off new H-P products including portable printers, digital cameras, flat screens, printer ink and a digital entertainment center.
The announcement marks a push by the company, once known primarily for its printers, into the consumer electronics business. "We see this year's holiday season as a big digital entertainment Christmas," Fiorina said from a spotlighted stage she shared with the products.
The move to diversify...
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