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News.com is reporting that HP has decided to stop selling its HP-branded Apple iPods and iPod Minis.

“We do remain committed to our digital-entertainment strategy,” HP spokesman Ross Camp said Friday. “We decided that reselling the iPod does not fit within that strategy.”

Does this mean that HP will be developing its own digital-music player? The deal with Apple includes a clause that prevents HP from selling or manufacturing any other digital music players until August 2006.