Mortal combat; Nintendo, gambling with its technology, faces a crucial delay; it hopes teens will shun rivals' CD-ROM gear and buy after holidays; violence and sports in 3-D

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Nintendo is gambling its share of the $4 billion video games industry by delaying the release of its Ultra 64 game player until early 1996, thereby missing the crucial holiday season. Ultra 64 is Nintendo's entry into the new generation of games players that use 32-bit and 64-bit technology and offer better color, stereo sound and faster graphics than previous machines. Nintendo's chief competitor, Sega of America Inc, will release the competing Saturn system on Sep 2, 1995. Outsider Sony Corp will try to break into the market at that time with its PlayStation system. Nintendo is also gambling with the enhanced cartridge technology it uses in the Ultra 64, which will have to compete with CD-ROM technology in the competing systems. One analysts believes the late release date may not hurt Nintendo because the industry will sell only one million next generation games systems in 1995, a number that will jump to four million in 1996.

Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Personal & Home Computers, Hardware product development, Product development, Computer hardware, Computer games, Nintendo Company Ltd., Computer-based entertainment system, Computer entertainment systems, Product introduction delays, Product delay

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Apple is launching improved version of MessagePad hand-held computer

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Apple introduces its Newton MessagePad 120 personal digital assistant (PDA) in an effort to improve the popularity of the product. Analysts say that although the Newton is improved, it still does not offer hand-held seamless data communciations. The MessagePad 120 is priced at $600 for a 1MB model and $700 for a 2MB model. The original Newton was unpopular because it had poor optical character recognition and because it was too expensive. The new model is still somewhat expensive but offers more features, including increased storage space and new software applications. Analysts say that PDAs such as the Newton will not be popular in the mass market until they are priced below $500 and until wireless network service is more widely available. Apple is attempting to market the PDAs towards vertical markets such as the health care profession and education.

Microcomputers, Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Product introduction, Product Announcement, AAPL, Personal digital assistants, Personal digital assistant, Apple Inc., Apple Newton MessagePad 120 (Personal digital assistant)

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