Dad works hard all year to provide you with the good things in life. Now it’s your turn to show him how much you appreciate everything he’s done for you and the family. Here are some gadgets that any Dad would be happy to  read more »

The Palm Pre is getting very positive reviews and the new iPhone 3G S looks like a product in its prime but no product is perfect so we put together this list of things neither one of these  read more »

Eight Differences That Separate the Palm Pre and Apple iPhone
In case you just got back from a 6 month wilderness trip and missed the smartphone news, Palm has bet the farm on an iPhone competitor and Apple has responded with some attractive improvements to the iPhone 3G. It’s pretty well known what both phones can do. They can make phone calls (most of the time), manage a calendar and contacts, provide access to the Internet, and run third party apps but here’s a list of things that one phone does or has and the other  read more »

Parks Associates' Connections 2009 is underway in Santa Clara. The first morning started out with a presentation by Tricia Parks and our very own CEO, Vipin Jain who provided lots of insight into what makes buyers of consumer electronics tick.

My first meeting of the day was with Jan Steenkamp of Irdeto, a company better known outside of the United States that has been involved in the business of "conditional access" TV programming since there was such a thing. They provide cable and other providers with the technology to encrypt and manage  read more »

Today's customers, myself included, are more passionate about our gadgets, be it that shiny new petite digital camera with 12 Megapixels, face recognition and optical image stabilization, or that Blu-ray Disc Player exhilirating us with all 2 million pixels delivered in our newly installed home theater system. We want better technology, and more innovation and we're not afraid to pay good money for it.

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Wedding bells are beginning to ring, prospective newlyweds are filling out gift registries, and shoppers are deciding what to buy the happy couple for their wedding gift. Have you ever wondered how an electronics product would be received as a gift? Retrevo’s latest Gadgetology study asked consumers how they felt about giving and receiving a high tech product like a digital camera, camcorder, MP3 player, or other electronics gear�  read more »

Do you know someone who is getting married? Avoid social humiliation,
and think twice before getting them an iPod, or any other MP3 player
for that matter.  read more »

Kodak's weather-resistant Zx1video camera has great surface appeal. With a stylish design, it weighs in slightly heavier than the Flip video camera, but is small enough that it doesn’t take up tons of room in my pocketbook. Its rubber surface means I can accidentally drop it and not have to worry about rain or snow. The two inch LCD screen shows quality images and with only five total  read more »

Projectors have become essential business tools; at just about every meeting there’s a projector attached to a laptop displaying spreadsheets or presentations. At home, a projector can fill a wall with a movie, console game, or YouTube video.

There’s a new class of projector emerging that fits in the palm of your hand. Some of these are being built into phones and it wouldn’t surprise us to see them appear in camcorders, cameras, or laptop computers. Called handheld or pico projectors, these tiny devices can be used for  read more »

Retrevo released its monthly CE Pulse Report today. This report summarizes noteworthy trends in consumer electronics using Retrevo's CE Price Index and CE Demand Index. So what's the highlight for the month of April? Of course HDTVs. While the month of April brought some relief to manufacturers of consumer electronics categories such as Digital Cameras, Camcorders and DVD Players where demand stabilized and showed signs of a rebound, HDTVs continued their downward slide in demand. So what gives? How about a 30% increase in ASPs (Average Selling Prices) from January to mid-April?  read more »