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To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9430)	3/2/2000 9:00:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Palm Computing...NOT O.T.!!! Investors embraced the forecasts for the growth of the emerging technology. For example, research firm IDC predicted the market for hand-held devices like the Palm Pilot will grow at a compound annual clip of 77 percent, with 21.5 million devices in consumers' hands by 2003. nytimes.com Palm should expect more friction from Microsoft when it introduces its newest CE device. "Microsoft is expected to release shortly a new pocket PC," said Michael Miller editor in chief of PC Magazine, who has tested every Palm device. "Windows CE does more things and runs on a wider variety of platforms." "There's the whole line of CE devices, and the fact that they have color screens makes them more of a competitor," Desautels of the Wireless Data Forum said. "CE is fighting an uphill battle but it could be a significant competitor." Ausdauer

To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9430)	3/2/2000 9:12:00 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Joe, CompactFlash-enable Devices *"A Frame for Your Favorite Pixels."* click here!!! graphics.nytimes.com But grandmothers of the near future are likely to display their pictures in digital photo frames, which can show a nearly infinite number of photographs, digital postcards and, in some cases, short digital movies. nytimes.com Sony introduced its PHD-A55 CyberFrame last year as a prototype to show off its Memory Stick data storage device, which is used in some of its digital cameras. The CyberFrame, priced at $899, has some impressive features, including a small but bright 5.5-inch active matrix screen and the ability to pivot automatically between portrait and landscape formats and to display not only photos but also short video clips with sound. It has been in such demand among gadget fiends that Sony is scrambling to make more affordable models for the rest of us. This item should be priced at $79.99 and will sell like hotcakes. I would make the guts removable and sell the outer frame in maple, oak, cherry and every conceivable color of DuPont Corian. Ausdauer SanDisk...We're put the "fun" in functionality!

To: Tumbleweed who wrote (9430)	3/3/2000 9:50:00 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Joe, Regarding those digital picture frames... A few years back I bought something called "Showbox Photo Viewer" which allows one to put about 40 photos (4x6) in a single picture frame and rotate them mechanically. It is essentially the analog version of the digital picture frames we have discussed here. showbox.net Yesterday I said... This item should be priced at $79.99 and will sell like hotcakes. I would make the guts removable and sell the outer frame in maple, oak, cherry and every conceivable color of DuPont Corian. I think it would be nice to have a multipack of lower capacity CF. Say, a four-pack of 8 MB SanDisk CompactFlash cards so you could store your favorite photos on one card and mail it to Grandma and Grandpa to place in the digital picture frame. With JPEG compression I am certain you could get file sizes down to 50KB or less with acceptable resolution. Then every couple of months you send an updated card. Already Kodak ships its private labelled SanDisk "Picture Cards" in a standard CD jewel case with a foam rubber insert that holds upto 4 cards. I think you could sell a boatload of these four-packs using similar packaging for about $99.99 or so. This would help promote the "collectible" nature of the cards. I would even put a special label on the front of the CF cards to make them more visually appealing, similar to the "gig-o-color" marketing that Iomega has used to sell large multipacks of their Zip disks. Ausdauer