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• EA Gets Into Digital Books With FLIPS Launch In U.K.

  PaidContent - 2009-10-09

  As if there wasn’t enough digital and e-book hysteria from the international Kindle launch ... Electronic Arts is dipping its toe into digital books, albeit for the younger generation, with the launch of FLIPS, a new line of books that kids can “read” using the handheld Nintendo DS. The...

  Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Electronic Arts Inc., U.K., Keyboards, E-books, Quality, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Components, Entertainment, Gaming, Media & Publishing, Books, Tameka Kee

• Tech Roundup: Sony Ericcson, Vodafone Back Android; Nintendo Partners for E-books; More

  BNET - 2008-12-11

  House democrats take aim at FCC and chairman Kevin Martin; Sony Ericcson, Vodafone, and ARM back Google's Android; report says that U.S. approach to nanotech is inadequate; Nintendo partners with HarperCollins for e-book classics on DS portable; and Intel on track for 32nm chips. by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Vodafone Group Plc., E-books, Nanotechnology, Federal Government, Semiconductors, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Government, Hardware, Erik Sherman

• Great Intrapreneurs in Business History

  BNET - 2008-04-10

  These five products have one thing in common: Each started out as an idea hatched by a mid-level employee — and ended up changing a company or revolutionizing an industry. Post-it Notes Intrapreneurs: Spencer Silver and Art Fry...

  Tags: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneuership, Jake Swearingen, Intrapreneurs, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sun Microsystems Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., Sony Playstation, Kutaragi, Myers, Games, Game Players, Projectors, Programming Languages, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Java, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Sony Corp., Software/Web Development, BNET Feature

• Nintendo DS handheld sales top 20 million: survey

  - 2007-11-28

  TOKYO AFP — Nintendo has sold more than 20 million of its DS handheld video game consoles in Japan since the series was first launched about three years ago, according to a survey released Wednesday. Total domestic sales of the DS and the DS Lite reached 20.05 million on...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Japan, Nintendo Co. Ltd., SALES, survey

• Next-gen patience apparent: gamers still supporting current consoles.(Headliners)

  - 2005-03-07

  With at least one next-generation videogame system likely to be launched in the U.S. this fall, consumers haven't lost their fascination with consoles as January saw surprisingly strong hardware and software revenue. Total videogame software With at...

  Tags: console, game, hardware, Nintendo Co. Ltd., software

• Nintendo's Game Boy to Maintain Dominance in Market it Pioneered Reports In-Stat/MDR

  - 2004-04-28

  Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 2004 Long the sole territory of Nintendo's Game Boy line, the handheld gaming market has suddenly become crowded with competition, reports In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). However, the high-tech market research firm finds that, with three new handheld consoles coming to market, Nintendo is...

  Tags: Games, Handhelds, HARDWARE, In-Stat/MDR, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Tapwave

• Acting mature: Console sales off 10% as buying dips 3%.(2003 Videogame Sales)

  - 2004-01-26

  After two years of solid growth but now in the third year of a hardware cycle, videogame purchasing in the U.S. slipped about 3% in 2003 to $10 billion, according to the NPD Group. The biggest reason for the chilling effect was...

  Tags: console, hardware, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameCube, sales, Sony PlayStation 2

• Spreading out.(Distribution)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-11-24

  In a move designed to get Nintendo product to a more diverse retail slate, leading game distributor D&H Distributing will now carry hardware and accessories for Nintendo's GameCube and Game Boy ... In a move designed to get Nintendo product to a more diverse...

  Tags: hardware, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Nintendo GameCube

• Nintendo unfolds next GBA: New handheld has front-lit LCD screen, $99.95 price tag. (Hardware).(Nintendo is introducing the Game Boy Advance SP)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-01-13

  Nintendo is shedding new light on the gaming market by shipping the Game Boy Advance SP, a souped-up version of the best-selling handheld device, to retailers on March 23. Prompted by consumer complaints regarding the GBA's poor gameplay visi ...

  Tags: handheld, hardware, LCD, LCD screen, Nintendo Co. Ltd.

• Video-game makers heat up competition ; Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft roll out games, hardware, ads.

  - 2002-05-20

  The big three video-game console marketers, leader Sony Computer Entertainment America, Nintendo of America and Microsoft Corp., square off this week in Los Angeles at the $9 billion interactive entertainment industry's premiere event, E3: Electronic The big three video-game console marketers, leader Sony Computer Entertainment...

  Tags: advertisement, game, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Corp., video game