Does PortalPlayer -- which lost to Samsung in the
contest to provide chips for the next-gen iPod nano -- have a chance of winning back Apple's business as Cupertino gets
ready to roll out the next video
iPod? And what exactly does Apple have in store for that long-rumored product? Those were the big questions on the
lips of analysts at PortalPlayer's first-quarter conference call this week, and CEO Gary Johnson did his best to answer
the first question -- and not answer the second one. Any queries about Apple were met with McClellan-esque
non-answers, as Johnson insist
