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...Internet will accelerate the phenomenon. The browser page and the LCD screen on your cell phone or your PalmPilot are still contested territories, allowing new relationships among the different kinds of content that appear there. The Pampers website provides parenting information and advice--and, presumably, not the kind that the Pampers people wouldn't want you to see. In a less obvious kind of relationship, marketing execs can enter chat rooms under assumed names and praise their company's product, service or stock: that's just advertising masquerading as conversation. And more directly, consumers are excited about an emerging technology...
...still cringing from memories of your kid's Tamagotchi pet, then you would do well to steer clear of a disturbingly similar new noisemaker. Trendmaster's C-Watches ($20) sport an LCD screen with a cartoon character that speaks the time out loud and makes various inane comments throughout the day. Kids can choose from the flatulent Mr. Tooty, an air-headed Girly Girl or an ill-humored Hothead. Luckily, there's a kill switch for the sound effects...
...SEEK Whether you're tracking a CIA spy through the streets of Bangkok or discreetly angling for a shot of Sean Penn, Minolta's versatile DimageV digital camera can help. The powerful zoom lens pops off on a short tether and then displays images on a 1.8-in. lcd color screen. An ideal tool for the paparazzi in all of us. Available spring...
Amateur Ansel Adamses will appreciate the Kodak DC25's small LCD screen for reviewing photos seconds after you snap them. If you don't like what you see, just erase and start over. The camera, one of the best available for less than $500, uses removable "flash" memory modules for extra storage. You can print the photos from your PC and soon at high-tech photo shops. ($499; Kodak...
...notebook, as many Harvard students now do, extra care should be taken regarding the liquid-crystal display (LCD) screen. Poking the screen with your finger nails or a pencil, for example, could result in a hole on the screen, and replacing an LCD could incur some not insignificant expenses...