TWICE - December 20, 2004

No sooner has VoIP begun to tap into the residential telecommunications market than one of its more prominent marketers, Vonage, will up the ante with a video service in the first quarter of next year. Vonage said it will offer a VoIP videophone through a partnership with videophone manufacturer Viseon in the first quarter 2005.

• Accessories
• Storage Bags Secure Digital Cameras
• Vogel's Extends LCD/Plasma Mount Lineup
• Rechargeable Batteries Boosted By Growth, Capacity Spurts
• Chief Offering Trio Of New Mounts
• TDK Announces Expanded DVD Media Line

• Business News
• Business Notes
• Audiovox Buys Terk Technologies For $13.6 Million
• Best Buy's U.S. Stores Operating Income Up 13%

• Communications
• Cordless To Get Cellular, VoIP Flavors At CES
• Cellphone Users Want Just The Basics, Please
• Cordless Advertising Up, But Not In 900MHz
• Elements Of Corded, Cordless Style To Debut At CES
• Multipurpose Cellphones Keep Replacement Cycle Spinning

• Computer Technology
• Computer Briefs
• X2 To Bow Its First PC, CE Devices During CES
• D-Link Goes For Gamers With New Router
• New iPaqs Provide Security

• Digital Imaging
• Imaging Briefs
• Home Is Where The Print Is
• Retail Ramps Up Digital Printing
• Getting a Picture of the Digital Camera Owner
• Digital Printing Comes of Age

• Home Audio
• Stereo, HTiB Systems Due For A Change
• Component Audio Merchandising Changing Its Tune
• Merchandising: More To Do?
• Audio Suppliers Celebrate Gains In Components
• What's Next?
• MP3 Anointed King Of The Portables
• What's Wrong?
• Studies Say Simplicity Propels HTiB Growth
• What's Right?

• Major Appliances
• 2004: A White-Goods Retrospective

• Mobile Electronics
• DingoTel To Offer FRS/GMRS VoIP
• New Longer Range FRS/GMRS Radios
• Denison Enters High-Tech Car Audio
• Unauthorized Internet Sales Still Plague 12V
• Maxxsonics Buys Autotek
• XM, Sirius Announce New Toyota Deals
• Clarion Debuts iPod-Ready Models
• Ebay To Launch OEM Trade-In Program

• News
• Satellite TV Pioneer Eddy Hartenstein To Retire
• Best Buy Reorganizes Senior Ranks
• Disney Supports Blu-ray Format
• TWICE PEOPLE
• CE Is Holiday Gift Of Choice, So Far
• Matsushita Changes Names, Cuts Jobs In U.S.
• InFocus, TCL Form Joint Venture
• USB Trade Group Changes Mission
• Memory-Tech, Toshiba Develop New Disc To Play HD And DVD
• Q3 Comp Sales For Circuit City Decrease 4.3%
• Olympus Debuts New Version Of Stylus DigiCam With LCD
• October Audio Sales Are Down
• DVD Copy Control Files Lawsuit Against Kaleidescape's Servers
• Lexar Eyes USBs To Simplify Flash Memory Market
• CEA: October Digital TV Sales Increased 136%
• Thomson Says It Plans HD-DVD Player
• Ultimate Is Facing Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
• CEA Praises Possible FCC Move To Lift Cellphone Ban On Planes

• Retailing/E-tailing
• That Was The Year That Was: A Retail Retrospective

• Video/Home Satellite
• Regent Licenses Sampo Brand For Dual-Brand Strategy
• Nikada Lands Target.com
• VCinema Digital Plans Broadband Video Service
• Denon Unveils DVD With 'Realta'
• SHERVA Saves Satellite Opportunities
• PMPs, High-Definition Discs, Flat TV To Mark CES
• TI Celebrates 5 Million DLP Sales Plateau

• Viewpoint
• Unpredictable Predictions