"This has very serious consequences for the trust and for the future of the ship, " said Mr Trett.

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Pierre Bellon, the 69-year-old chairman, started the company in 1966 after he realized there wasn't much of a future in the family's ship chandlery business.

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The deal means future AMD-based gadgets will ship with the AppZone player installed, letting users get at apps such as Fruit Ninja and Flipboard that they know from their phone.

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