Is the third processor the third rail?
By now you have all heard of Ageia, the new company on the scene with a co-processor designed to run physics algorithms. It’s a clever and novel idea, and one that has people excited. It ...
E3 gamesit’s all about the puppy
The games and videos of games we were shown at the press briefings by Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, plus what was on the floor in the big stands like EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and others, had ...
Is the handheld market the PC revisited?
We’ve all heard that the handheld market is just like the PC market was, and the analogy is based on processors getting more powerful and more applications being added to the platform. It’s true that ...
Games on handhelds – never happen
That’s how I was feeling. I had just finished “Doom 3.” It took me a little longer than most folks because I interrupted myself to play “Half-Life 2” and then interrupted that to play at ...
JPR predicts the trends
JPR’s newest study, Handheld Multimedia Devices, is turning out to be one of our best-sellers. And the Consumer Electronics Show held at the start of every year in Las Vegas has been a perfect opportunity ...
Life-changing developments
We’re just recovering from PT/Expo Comm China 2004 conference, where 10 halls of screaming, dancing, photo-snapping skinny Chinese women flaunted their mobile phones, each one promising to change my life. One of the problems with ...
Super Duper
It’s all about numbers—who’s got the biggest, the fastest, the mostest. The problem is keeping it up. When you’re talking about a lot of zeros, then it gets even harder and little blue pills don’t ...
Let the consolidation begin
Those lucky sods of you out there who have purchased our fantastic definitive market report on multimedia devices in handhelds, who bask in the confidence and glory of now knowing everything there is to know ...
Jon’s amazing birthday back page
Aye, Jon, I’m afraid we’ve got a wee bit of a problem. It’s Jontober here in Tiburon, when people from all over the world come to celebrate my birthday and bring me gifts. Each year ...
Running scared – runnin’ fast
I was pleased to see that a major three-letter market research firm has caught up with us and now agrees that the PC industry will probably have a nice 12% to 14% year-to-year growth in ...
Can game developers survive in London?
THE CROWDS WERE THIN at ECTS in London. How many game exhibits and conferences does one city need in one week? Well, it's London it's the first week of September, and the answer is six. ...
Chasing pixels
People ask from time to time, “What do you do?” People who don’t know me ask that question, assuming I actually do something—it’s because I’m such a snappy dresser and drive such a nice car, ...