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Top 20 Hot New Products & Upgrades in 2002

Moxi Media Center
The company ran out of money and was acquired by Diego in 2002. A low-cost all-in-one multimedia box for the home. The unit includes a broadband-enabled personal video recorder, wireless gateways to other units, cable and satellite TV ready, HDTV set-top box and progressive scan DVD player. The technology will be sold through cable and satellite companies, not direct to the consumer. Pictures.

Danger - Hiptop
Hot new consumer wireless PDA and mobile phone for under $200. The Hiptop has a small camera that plugs into the body which allows you to take and send 36 pictures to your friends and family. It will also provide always-on e-mail and instant messaging service using GPRS technology. Pictures. The unit will be targeted at 18-35 year olds and sold through wireless carriers.

SonicBlue
RioRiot - Digital MP3 audio player with a 20 GB drive that stores over 400 complete albums at high-quality, Built-in FM Tuner, Extra-large backlit LCD and a Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery

ReplayTV - Auto skip TV commercials and broadband cable connections.

Rio Audio Center - Digitally record and store 650 CDs or 6,500 individual songs on 40GBs of disc storage. Write Standard audio CDs and MP3 data CDs using the CD-RW drive. Designed for your stereo rack.

SanDisk
1GB CompactFlash Card
New SanDisk 1GB CompactFlash Card. Great for cameras, PDAs and MP3 players $700

Panasonic
Home Phone System - KX-TG2740 New multi-user (up to 7 handsets) 2-line cordless 2.4GHz GigaRange with voice mail and phone directory sharing. $200. Extra handsets $99. Shipping Q3.
SV-AV10 All-in-one Camcorder with digital still camera, MP3 player and recorder. List price: $449

XM Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
The Digital Satellite Radio Automobile Industry was announced two years ago and is finally available for cars this year.

DataPlay
500mb floppy disc the size of a quarter. Announced last year and will be integrated into retail products this year.

Wherify Wireless Inc.
KidTracker
Tracks child who ventures too far away from you. The product is a lockable Personal Locator that functions as a GPS location device, pager, watch, and wireless telephone transceiver. $400 plus a month monitoring fee. The product will ship in Q2.

Handspring - Treo
Hot New Treo - the integrated Mobile Phone and Wireless PDA. One of the best on the market at this time. Shipping now. Look for a color screen in Summer. Pictures

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SMaL Digital Camera
New digital camera - size of two credit cards thick, rechargeable using a USB PC cable. Shipping 2nd half of 2002. $125

UltimateTV / DirecTV PVR
PVR (Personal Video Recorder) software updates due in Q3 - New Web-based and wireless programing of TV shows. There will be general software performance improvements. Existing owners get free software (but not hardware) upgrades. Larger 60-70 hour disc capacity units are due out later in 2002.

Tivo PVR
Larger 40-60 hour disc capacity units are due out in Q2. Later in 2002, Tivo's new next generation products will incorporate RealNetwork's software for games, photo storage, video sharing, and video-on-demand.

Microsoft - X-Box Game Machine
Hot new game box from Microsoft. Very impressive game graphics and Dolby sound.

Taser Gun (M18) for the Home
Use Less-Lethal Technology to protect your family and home.
Also, good for earthquake (natural disaster) defense. $150-$600


Sharp
LCD Flat-Panel TV sets
10", 12", 15", 20", 37" & 43" Flat panel TVs. Incredible picture quality that hangs on your wall.

Sharp 50-inch HDTV-compatible Plasma Display Television
Sharp's High Definition Plasma Television, model PZ-50HV2U, received the International CES Innovations 2002 Design and Engineering Showcase award. Leading the industry in style and performance, Sharp's new 50-inch High Definition Plasma Television offers the excitement of HDTV-compatibility, wide-screen viewing (16:9 aspect ratio), high brightness, a newly developed panel, and a higher contrast ratio (an unprecedented 830:1). In addition, a separate Audio Video Computer (AVC) system with component audio, video and computer (PC) input/outputs, as well as two NTSC TV tuners, is included. The PZ-50HV2U was available in January for an MSRP of $14,999.95.

Zaurus - the Zaurus SL-5500 features a powerful 206MHz processor, 64MB of standard memory, and a MP3 and MPEG1 multimedia player with a high resolution color screen. A cleverly-designed integrated QWERTY keyboard, and dual expansion with a Compact Flash™ and Secure Digital card slot, offer consumers a next-generation mobile device for all their business and personal needs. Linux® and Java™ based architecture provides a powerful and open operating environment - allowing many Linux and Java developers to write applications for the SL-5500, and integrated into various enterprise environments. The Zaurus SL-5500 was available to consumers in the first quarter of 2002.

Be AT Home
Web-based Home Automation & Energy Management (new) Services. Won Top CES Award.