It seems Panasonic is late to the portable game. Their product is supposed to debut in the latter part of `05 while the digEplayer is Product of the Year and been ``in flight`` for over a year...with a growing base of airlines utilizing the technology.

No one knows for certain how this will play out but I like the position we`re in.

At least they recognize APS/WENCOR as the leader !!!

``Industry observers suggest that Panasonic plans to steal a march on the present market leader, APS/Wencor’s digEplayer, by offering a device capable of communicating wirelessly with a head-end server on the aircraft. This would allow PMP to provide not only entertainment playback but also interactive functions such as data communications and inflight shopping.``

Eventually the general markets will also recognize the market leader as more press hits the fan...