Back in the '90s, two companies from the opposite ends of the consumer electronics world -- giant Sony with its eMarker and startup Xenote with its iTag -- tried launching key fob devices that would identify songs on the radio, but neither got off the ground.
It is the first and still only company to use a female design metaphor for its electronics, in a world of consumer electronics dominated with macho design.
However, the world of electronics, and most certainly the world of prices for electronic components, is not a static one.
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It rebuilt itself after the Second World War, its shipping, motor manufacturing and electronics business leading the world.
How about Apple, who is the most successful manufacturer and seller of consumer electronics in the world?
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest producer of memory chips, closed its wafer-fabrication plant and gave its employees one week off to enjoy sun and sand.
Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest chipmaker after Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ), unveiled plans to build a chip factory in Austin, scheduled to open in 2007.
On Friday, Samsung Electronics - the world's biggest maker of mobile phones - reported record profits in the three months to September, led by strong sales of its Galaxy range of smartphones.
Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest chipmaker after Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ), unveiled plans to build a chip factory in the city, scheduled to open in 2007.
The mega-corp has been adamant about undercutting big box retailers, and while you aren't likely to walk into a Wally World electronics section and find the clean, uncluttered, and well-stocked shelves that a next door neighbor may have, you're likely to stomach the environment for a few minutes in order to save a few Benjamins.
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And privacy does not have to be a net loser in a world of electronics.
Processor design win visibility should increase heading into the Consumer Electronics Show and Mobile World Congress trade shows.
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The South Korean electronics conglomerate is the world's largest producer of NAND memory.
Last month, Japan's Sony, probably the best- known consumer electronics company in the world, announced that it would soon manufacture computers.
Best Buy could have been the best-run electronics retailer in the world and it still would be going out of business.
Investors chose to focus on the outlook given by Philips, which sells medical equipment, consumer electronics and is the world's biggest lighting maker.
The investigation will fan the flames of what is seen by many as a growing dispute about the proliferation of Chinese electronics companies across the world.
Samsung Electronics will not promote its new tablet computer at one of the world's largest electronics shows after sales of the product were blocked in Germany.
Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world's most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
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"If you look at every consumer electronics market in the world, there isn't a single other one that isn't dominated by Japanese manufacturers, " says Rick Timmons, managing director of sales at J-Phone, Japan's No. 3 carrier.
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But in the Darwinian world of consumer electronics, lower costs trump technological prowess.
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It's the uncertainty you've created by launching two essentially equal but incompatible formats onto the world of consumer electronics.
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Intel's taking its 48-core processor and applying it to a field beyond academia: the world of mobile electronics.
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Right after the New Year's bubbly goes flat, the world's electronics makers converge upon Las Vegas to reveal forthcoming digital wonders at the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
But recently, the political scope that typically dodges the world of consumer electronics has found its sights set squarely on a field that we as gadget journalists cover.
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Today, even the fastest of fast four-wheeled machines only connect to the world at large over 3G, another sign of the auto industry struggling to keep up with the world of consumer electronics.
Within the world of consumer electronics, a smart marketing campaign can be relied upon to generate advance sales on the first batch of retail unit sales without relying on reviews or user feedback to drive demand.
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Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Chief Executive Craig Barrett will shake up the world of consumer electronics next week when he opens his firm's fall Developer's Conference on Monday.
Like most every other figurehead in politics, Genachowski has had his fair share of outspoken proponents and critics, but he has embedded himself into the world of consumer electronics in a way that few other chairmen have.
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