It is good to see that someone has finally managed to beat the iPod Mini, no doubt paving the way for other manufacturers to break new ground in terms of fresh player designs. We see this as a sign of a narrowing gulf between the iPods and the rest of the world. Yet with that said, we are hopeful that Apple will take this as a sign that it cannot rest on its laurels and would have to further innovate, in order to distance itself from the rest of the MP3 pack.