Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Format Wars Again?

Twenty years ago, the video cassette industry fought a format battle that ended with the victory of VHS over Beta. Today a new battle over formats is shaping up for next generation DVD's. Toshiba, with it's HD-DVD and Sony with the Blu-Ray technology are locked in a competition to win the market. Smart buyers can only wait and see which format prevails.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

iTunes...the Big Mac of online content

Apple's iTunes, with it's plethora of podcasting and multitude of
songs available to download to your iPod has cornered the market in online content. With 6.2 million iPod's served during last quarter, and nearly a billion songs downloaded from iTunes in the last two years Apple continues to stay polished.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

The Q Phone...Blackberry Killer?

Motorola, the inventor of the modern cell phone, has just announced the Q Phone smart phone. Aimed at the cell phone/email/internet/ Blackberry/Treo market, the sleek new handheld smart device looks like
a definite winner. With the upcoming iTunes phone and the best selling Razor, Motorola looks to stay competetive.