TWICE - January 26, 2004

The NPD Group Market Share Reports of top consumer electronics categories, which appeared in the January 8 print edition of TWICE on pages 21, 24, 26 and 28 were mislabeled. The data provided was for the 12 months ending September 2003 and was based on consumer data, not POS (point of sale) data.

• Accessories
• Targus Targets 'Elite' Cases Toward Discerning Notebook Users
• Belkin Unveils 'High-End' A/V Solutions
• Cord-Free Headset Seen As Bluetooth Alternative
• Sharut Integrates Furniture, CE Products To Boost Sales
• Sennheiser Offers 2 Wireless, 3 'Optimized Sound' Headphones
• Laserline Storage Intros Key On Soft Portables, Towers
• GE/Sanyo Debuts 5-Unit Battery Charger Line
• Harmony Remote Simplifies Complex Programming
• Panasonic Alkaline Batteries Come In Recloseable Containers
• Lowepro Debuts Extensive Portable Bag Lineup
• Bell'O Intros Home Theater Furniture
• Maxell Intros Headphones At CES

• Business News
• D-ILA TVs Return As JVC Bows 2004 Lineup
• Sony Ericsson Sales Jump 16% In Q4, Moves Into Black
• Nokia Q4 Cellphone Sales, Oper. Profit Climb 4%
• GE Majap Segment Fourth-Quarter Revenue Flat, Profit Rises 19%
• Color Screens, Cameras Boost Cellphone Biz

• By The Numbers
• CEA Forecasts 2004 CE Sales To Hit $101 Billion

• Communications
• CellStar Device Speeds Up Wireless Web Browsing
• Nokia Debuts EDGE Phone With Camcorder
• Home Telecom Peripherals Seek Niches
• Wave Industries Floods CES With Olympia Phones
• Communications Briefs
• VoIP Makes Inroads At CES

• Computer Technology
• Consumers Are Streaming To Wireless Networking
• USB Drives Now Top Removable Removable Flash Memory Mkt.

• Custom Networking
• More Satellite Radios Go Custom
• Distributed-Audio Systems Take Diverse Paths At CES
• HAI Lowers Prices Of Omni Keypads
• Networking Briefs

• Home Audio
• Audio Briefs
• MP3-CD, MiniDisc Portables Advertising On Upswing
• New Twists In 2-Channel Audio At CES
• Big Bang In Universal DVD Players

• Major Appliances
• Innovative Majaps Mark Intl. Builders Show
• December Major Appliance Shipments Up 6%

• Mobile Electronics
• $99 Head Units Tempt Suppliers
• XM, Sirius Eye Interoperability
• Winegard Bows 12-Volt Satellite TV
• Alpine Rides iPod Wave With Car Adapter
• Correction
• Mobile Briefs
• Car Video Gets HDTV; But Where's the Content?
• Delphi Shows Portable Nav

• News
• TWICE PEOPLE
• Phoenix Gold Gets Carver Rights For CE
• Philips Moves 130 Projection-TV Jobs To Overseas Sites
• Panasonic Discusses Goals, 'VIERA' At CES
• Polaroid-Brand Digicams To Be Sold By Uniden
• Panasonic Outlines 'LifeStream' At CES
• BenQ Develops Retail Channel Plan For CE, IT
• Cebuhar Decides To Leave Sears
• RadioShack Ends Thomson Deal, Refines SKU Mix
• Ohtsubo Expounds On A Variety Of CE Issues
• Thomson Unveils Super-Thin DLP Televisions
• eMachines Debuts 64-Bit Notebooks

• Retailing/E-tailing
• Online Sales Surge In Q4
• Take A Look At Dick Schulze's Crystal Ball, Circa 1994
• Bezos Explains How Amazon's CE Sales Grew 50 Percent In '03
• To Shop Becomes Entertainment, So Retail Strategies Must Change
• PARA Unveils 25th Anniversary Benefits
• Target Teams With Napster
• Ritz Rolls Out Prepaid Card

• Video/Home Satellite
• EchoStar Reduces HDTV Bundle To $999
• Barco Introduces Home Theater DLP Line
• Sharp Celebrates Kameyama LCD Factory Launch
• V, Inc. Announces HD DVD Player, New TV Line
• Sony Unveils '04 Tape-Based Camcorders
• Samsung Unveils 2nd-Generation Up-Conversion DVDs
• Mintek Unveils Portable DVD Line
• Sharp Viewcams Get New Twist At CES
• Marantz Announces PDPs, 3-Chip DLP Deliveries
• Sherwood Bows 1st LCD-TV Line
• Fujitsu Bows New 'e-ALiS' PDPs

• Viewpoint
• Shrimpy Digital Products