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Safe-and-Cheap Portable Media Stocks

By Tim Melvin

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I have said repeatedly that I am a huge fan of Jim Cramer's smartphone theme for the next decade. I was one of the last people I know to get a cell phone and not long ago upgraded to a BlackBerry, but I have no idea how I went so long without. I almost panicked recently when I had problems with the operating system and spent two days disconnected. I'm also looking beyond smartphones to all types of wireless handheld devices for communication, reading and even playing. If you spend any amount of time at all on airplanes, you know that portable DVD players, wireless book readers and handheld game systems are quickly replacing books and magazines as a way to spend the time in the air. My problem as a value investor has been finding stocks that fit the trend and are cheap enough for me to...

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