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...would be "near DVD-quality" with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Pricing will range from $10 for older movies, $13 for recent hits, and $15 for brand-new releases. In a first test, we bought The Incredibles for $13. The 1 hour and 55 minute movie-1.3 GB of digital video-took just under 40 minutes to download using a cable broadband connection. Viewed full screen on a 13-in. MacBook, it looked tolerably good, noticeably better than iTunes TV content, but it's hard to say whether it will look great...
...have a touchscreen covering its entire front, as some hoped. Nor is there any sort of wireless networking capability for downloading songs remotely or streaming music to a receiver. It does, however, answer many concerns. Capacity has been raised to 80GB in order to make room for 1-2GB movies. Battery life on the 80GB iPod ($349) is up to 6.5 hours, guaranteeing the playback of one or two, if not three full-length features. That also means 20 hours of music. The 30GB iPod ($249) has shorter battery life-3.5 hours of video or 14 hours of music...
...Wolf's words: "I drank the Kool-Aid." As Wolf and other producers sell their wares in the annual TV-industry ritual known as development season, new technologies are changing the way they do business. With high-quality video available on 200 million PCs via broadband, 200 million 3-GB mobile phones, an estimated 4 million iPods and other devices, the Big Four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) are scrambling for ways to deliver content over a panoply of platforms. They are also scrambling to figure out a business model that can predictably deliver profits in this variegated market...
...which moves the cursor when waved in the air. The GyroTransport (available late spring for $200; www.gyration.com) uses the same technology, letting you point-and-click through slides with a flick of a key-chain-size mouse. But here's the coolest feature: the gadget's receiver holds 1 GB of internal flash memory, plenty of space to store PowerPoint presentations and other multimedia files. It can also be paired with any PC in seconds, no software installation required. All you have to do is plug it into a USB port on the conference-room PC, and you're ready...
...which moves the cursor when waved in the air. The GyroTransport (available late spring for $200; www.gyration.com uses the same technology, letting you point-and-click through slides with a flick of a key-chain-size mouse. But here's the coolest feature: the gadget's receiver holds 1 GB of internal flash memory, plenty of space to store PowerPoint presentations and other multimedia files. It can also be paired with any PC in seconds, no software installation required. All you have to do is plug it into a USB port on the conference-room PC, and you're ready...