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...expect one of the top stocking stuffers this season to be not a traditional toy but the new generation of Nintendo's Game Boy, the DS, which hit stores last week. Next year will bring more competition in handheld gaming, when Sony launches the PSP. Cell-phone makers like Nokia are also targeting kids with game gadgets. A recent Roper poll found that parents plan to curtail toy purchases this season in favor of gifts such as video games and consumer electronics...
...most bitter rivals spell trouble for the E.U.'s competition police? The software behemoth last week convinced its competitor Novell to lay down arms in exchange for a $536 million payoff; Microsoft also ended a battle with the Washington D.C.-based Computer & Communications Industry Association. (Cell-phonemaker Nokia quit the trade body in response, calling the deal "inappropriate.") In return, both parties agreed to withdraw support for the European Commission's antitrust case. Brussels charged Microsoft in March with abusing its dominant position. Without Novell and the CCIA, U.S. software firm RealNetworks remains the only major supporter of the Commission...
...hard enough to keep up with changing consumer tastes. But staying ahead of the technological curve can be even tougher. Just ask Motorola, which surrendered its dominant U.S. position in cell phones by ignoring the impending switch from analog to digital technology. Or its rival, Nokia, which missed the popularity of clamshell phones. Recognizing an impending technological shift is just part of the challenge; companies also have to guess right about when to embrace it. "It's like a pitch coming in--you have to decide if it's a fastball or curveball," says Bain director David Harding...
...hard drive, ? la the iPod. Called the SPH-V5400, the phone has 1.5 gigabytes of memory?that's less than half the 4 GB on the iPod Mini but still enough for 300 songs. The price is estimated to be a wallet-straining $800. Other handset manufacturers?like Nokia, the world's largest?are considering making phones with hard drives...
...Motorola's personal-communications sector, which sells cell phones and personal two-way radios, Garriques will be in charge of what is by far the company's largest division, accounting for 40% of Motorola's annual revenue of $27 billion. Although Motorola's outlook is positive, industry leader Nokia is aggressively cutting prices. Garriques anticipates smooth sailing, but he will need that mantra...