/ Technology

Demand is growing for e-books for hand-held devices

Online merchants eBooks.com and Fictionwise.com say demand is increasing for digital books downloaded to hand-held devices. 75% of Fictionwise.com’s book sales of 15,000 a month are in PDA format.

Posted 08/07/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

Students respond to wireless coupons

Retailers participating in a wireless coupon program through the University of South Florida are experiencing 10% redemption on the coupons, which are delivered to students’ cell phone, PDAs and pagers.

Posted 07/09/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

The next frontier in order status: wireless

Some vendors are already devising systems that will allow customers to receive order status updates via cell phones or PDAs. "People don’t appreciate how simple the wireless function can be," says one vendor.

Posted 04/04/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ Technology

Don’t count on a boom in demand for wireless shopping, says Gartner study

Sales of PDAs will grow 18% this year, the same as last year but only a fraction of 2000’s 114% growth, Gartner Dataquest says. Meanwhile, the devices’ capabilities are improving with better graphics and more storage capacity.

Posted 04/03/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Bloomingdale`s plans ahead for the holiday

Bloomingdales.com is adding a list of top ten gifts, a wish list and a wireless interactive window display for the holiday shopping season.

Posted 07/11/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment

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NCR kiosks talk to PDAs

NCR Corp. is in a beta test with a retailer of technology that will allow store-based, web-enabled kiosks to communicate with personal digital assistants.

Posted 02/05/2001Internet RetailerPost a comment

/ Marketing

Wireless Developers Target Email and e Commerce

The wireless juggernaut advances, and it's got e-commerce in its sites Ð right after e-mail, that is. A new survey of 300 wireless developers reveals that 39% of them are currently working on e-mail applications, with consumer-focused e-commerce applications, the top target of 38.6% of those surveyed, following close behind. The survey, from Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Evans Data Corp., a research firm that tracks the software industry, shows that...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment

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Pre-holiday computer-related e-retail sales vary by category

Predictions that holiday sales might not live up to e-retailers' expectations this year are being re-evaluated as online sales in some categories are already starting to climb, according to online census data aggregated by OneChannel.net, which tracks online hardware sales. For the period from Oct. 21 through Nov. 17, online hardware sales are down slightly overall (3%) at the retail level, but the PC audio category shot up 36% on sales of...

Posted 01/19/2001Don DavisPost a comment