SanDisk didn't even attempt to go head-to-head with Apple's flagship hard-drive iPod player, as Microsoft did with the Zune.
Now the companies seem poised to go head-to-head again in what appears to be an emerging market -- wearable tech.
Google also plans to go head-to-head with Facebook's "Like" button a tiny tool on many websites that lets people tell friends they "like" something.
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Mr Salmond was speaking as separate polls suggested that the public wanted political leaders to go head-to-head in televised debates on the implications of independence.
In order for their rivalry to develop, Woods says he and McIlroy need to go head-to-head in the closing stages of the sport's biggest tournaments.
Voters here take New Hampshire's nickname literally, proudly claiming their independent nature and willingness to go head-to-head with the candidates who parade through the state.
So this means Rosen is nearly certain to go head-to-head with the well-funded and well-known Harris in a contest that she said will receive national attention.
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That move makes sense for Apple, which in the last year has attempted, with varying degrees of success, to go head-to-head with rival Google in the mapping space.
Giuliani will have a chance to go head-to-head with his rivals in a debate Thursday night, where he's expected to be on the attack in attempt to show he's still viable.
The three productions go head-to-head-to-head for best musical revival.
Chambers is due to go head-to-head with Mark Lewis-Francis and Jason Gardener in Ostrava on Thursday night in what looked set to be an exciting run-off for the place in the British team.
Rather than hire a stable of big-name writers to go head-to-head with deep-pocketed companies like ESPN, Mr. Russo's company has cobbled together a network of hundreds of small, independent sites focused on particular sports or topics.
In other words, if it wants to go head-to-head with Apple, or any other serious contender (are there any?) in the smartphone, tablet, or even the nascent Internet TV arena, the battle must be brand-led, not business led.
But more moderate Democrats are nervous about such crude confrontationalism, recalling what happened to Newt Gingrich when he tried to go head-to-head with the president and pointing to opinion polls which show that the majority of people want a return to civility in Washington.
And while tweaking its current engines to improve fuel economy, Ford has revived plans for a V-8 that can go head-to-head with GM's 400hp motor.
Yes, Microsoft has to admit that its new tablet will go head-to-head with the iPad, and yes, Microsoft has to try to come up with some sort of argument about why the Surface will be better.
Ferrero was earlier knocked out of the Paris event by Jiri Novak but he and Roddick will go head-to-head for the year-end top spot at the Masters Cup.
The company will now go head-to-head with giants PepsiCo and Coca-Cola in these high-potential regions, something which will require a lot of marketing muscle.
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The transition to digital projection caused technical glitches, while the festival's egalitarian principles were severely stressed by a plethora of platinum, go-to-the-head-of-the-line patron passes.
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These two games will go head-to-head this fall with the start of the next NBA season.
Should he return, Schumacher would go head-to-head with fellow world champions Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.
She says she will not go head-to-head with the shinkansen (though her airline will fly between Tokyo and Osaka).
Rather than go head-to-head with the iPad 2, the manufacturers that can push up their release dates (Motorola, LG) have.
Others feel the new party chair should be an appealing communicator who can go head-to-head with Democrats on TV and radio.
Producers say 10 acts will go head-to-head each day to reflect musical rivalries or battles to land the number one spot.
While Apple and Samsung go head-to-head in the mobile melee, Vizio has leapt ahead in the HDTV market by staying put.
The three British sprinters go head-to-head in Sunday's final at 1620 GMT.
The Nook Tablet will go head-to-head with market leader Amazon, whose Kindle Fire tablet goes on sale later this month, along with Apple's iPad.
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Pleiades will go head-to-head with the Americans and has a number of clever tricks that should enable it to win a sizeable market share.
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