One market study values the ringtones industry at $300 million per year. At an average of $1.99 to $2.49 per ringtone, it defies rational economics. In fact, ringtones of pop music can be even more popular than the actual music itself and they even has its own Billboard chart.
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By TROY OXFORD, Cox News Service
If you’re shopping for gadget-loving children this holiday season, you’re in luck. There’s a great selection of electronic gifts to please your little gamers, artists, students and scientists. Before you buy, however, observe the recommended ages, battery requirements and the cost of media and accessories (for items like the Game Boy Advance and Juice Box). Read on for a few suggestions to consider.
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If you can’t wait the price of flat-panel TVs to fall even more, here’s a guide to help you shop. Flat-panel televisions, only 3 to 5 inches thick, are this season’s hot gadget. But buyers face a dilemma: Buy now or wait until they get cheaper. And they will get cheaper. Prices for flat-panel televisions using a technology called liquid crystal display, or LCD, will fall as much as 30 percent by the end of 2005 as more factories in Asia come on line to meet demand, according to several manufacturers and analysts.
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 4, 2004– The Ultimate Toy Awards show, a one-of-a-kind award program celebrating play, family entertainment and the toy industry, today announced the winners of the first-ever Ultimate Toy Awards. Winners were voted by consumers and the American toy press.
Hosted by Keith Carradine, star of the hit sitcom Complete Savages, the Ultimate Toy Awards show featured celebrity appearances by Hilary Duff, Paula Abdul, entertainer and author Debbie Allen, model mom Kathy Ireland and American Dream stars Will Estes and Ethan Dampf. The show also included a very special performance by pop star Jesse McCartney.
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By Ric Manning
This gadget guide is a bit off the beaten track. No plasma TVs here, but you can find a rubber-powered vehicle, a cell phone that will help you lose weight, something to keep your pets entertained and that digital camera you’re looking for. And none of the gifts will require a second mortgage.
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By Ellen Simon, The Associated Press
NEW YORK — When Office Depot stores ran an electronics recycling drive last summer that accepted everything from cell phones to televisions, some stores were overwhelmed by the amount of e-trash they received.
No current figures exist for how much e-junk is recycled, but people in the industry believe it’s a sliver of the total. People simply don’t know where to take their e-trash, so much of it sits in drawers. The toxic materials many electronics contain, such as lead and mercury, present more obstacles. A National Safety Council study done four years ago found that less than 10 percent of techno trash was recycled.
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By Cynthia L. Webb, washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
‘Tis the season for all things electronic. IPods, cell phones, gaming systems and digital cameras are among the tech items at the top of holiday wish-lists. Consumer electronics are so hot, department stores are stocking up on gadgets rather than ho-hum fashion and home products, hoping to cash in on the craze this holiday season.
But sorting out which MP3 player is best (an iPod or a Rio, for example), how to select one gaming console over another or making sense of all the different plasma and high-tech TV platforms can become as much a chore as decorating your house for the holidays.
Enter the ever-popular tech gadget gift buying guide, a staple of a number of publications this year, designed to be a roadmap for the best and brightest gifts of the season. Buying tech gadgets for friends and loved ones at the holidays creates big business.
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It’s an idea that was popularised by Princess Leia’s plea for help in Star Wars: Sending a 3-D hologram. Now, two Japanese scientists have developed technology they hope will one day turn the humble telephone booth into a high-tech chamber for beaming holographic images.
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TOKYO – Equipped with a tiny camera, a high-tech device that recognizes the white stripes of a pedestrian crosswalk and reads traffic lights could tell a blind person when it’s safe to cross the street, researchers say.
The electronic eye, being developed at Kyoto Institute of Technology, could one day be adapted for broader use to help the blind or visually impaired get around without a walking stick or seeing-eye dog.
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Truly the stuff of science fiction, Toshiba has demonstrated a new hard drive that is 0.85 inches, and can store 2GB of data. The company plans to start commercial production by the end of 2004.
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