But he acknowledged that even the most novel of gaming devices is now pitted against a range of competitors extending far beyond the traditional gaming world.
Versus see its competitors extending beyond other comparison engines (such as FindTheBest) as the Vegas social layer takes off — so it's aiming to compete with the likes of Q&A sites such as Stackoverflow and Quora.
That would mean Microsoft's recent willingness to play nice with competitors would extend to its virtual mobile assistant, which began as a value-add incentive for Windows Phone users.
This week, United and several competitors also extended special discount fares intended to attract business fliers on highly competitive routes.
Now it could get another leg up on its competitors by extending the model even further using Honeywell's products, analysts and aerospace executives said yesterday.
Lawyers and European Union officials said that Neelie Kroes, the European competition commissioner, was also trying to determine whether efforts to block competitors by extending drug patents were distracting companies from developing new medicines, which have been slow in coming to market in recent years.
But Reuters reports that Brazil's defense ministry, apparently in fairness to all the competitors, has extended the deadline for tenders on the deal to October 2nd - the same day the International Olympic Selection Committee announces whether Rio de Janeiro or Obama's home town of Chicago will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
The agreement between Facebook and Zynga, if published reports are correct, would therefore constitute a conspiracy between competitors and further extend Facebook's already overwhelming monopoly power.
Pharmacia is busy, too; it is already seeking F.D.A. approval of a new product, a combination of Xalatan and timolol, the leading generic competitor, that could extend the life of the patent.
But its heftier competitors have since extended their leads even more (see article).
