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...gadget to outsell PCs. In this market, the most unobtrusive operating system wins, and the feature-heavy heft that won the desktop wars for Microsoft becomes a liability. "Most of these devices have no need for a Windows experience," says Dan Kuznetsky, a system-software analyst at technology firm IDC. "Who needs a week-long training class to learn how to use a Web cell phone...
...everywhere. Callwave, Pagoo and Prodigy all offer programs you can download from their websites and use for up to $5 a month. In October MSN launched a $5-a-month, members-only service in Atlanta, Seattle and San Diego and plans to go nationwide by March. Research firm IDC predicts that more than a quarter of U.S. households will use an Internet call-waiting service by the end of next year...
STARTING TO CLICK Grandma's In box will never be the same. Digital cameras, once just a techie's toy, are being snapped up by the mass market. According to a new study by IDC, a Massachusetts-based research firm, falling prices and improved quality will drive shipments to 22 million by 2003. The new cameras are popping up everywhere; even Barbie has one. Still not convinced? Say cheese. Grandma wants to get that on disk...
...different market, one that has tech CEOs conceiving new strategies and tech analysts revising earnings expectations downward. In just a week, analysts lowered their share-price targets for Dell, Compaq and IBM. "Hardware margins are approaching [those of] grocery stores," says Roger Kay, research manager at IDC, a technology consulting firm...
...three main areas of networking--PC to PC, home entertainment and home automation--are all different," says IDC's Childs. "But eventually they will all merge somehow." Cisco sees its networking software inside everything from TVs to toasters. IBM and Bell Atlantic have said their home networks will be able to include not just PCs but also VCRs and light switches...