Pioneer will launch two planned products -- combined DVD Video and DVD Audio players -- as scheduled in late December and offer customers a free upgrade when the new system is finalized.
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The new juice pack air is the first of several products planned for 2010 and joins the juice pack legacy line of award-winning designs.
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Another part of planned obsolescence is when the products you buy are designed to fail after a certain amount of time.
The first of several products iFrogz has planned for gamers this year, the Caliber line of headsets provides amazing design and sound quality for a premium mobile, desktop or console gaming experience.
Telefonica said that it planned to add functionality to the app and launch further products over the coming months.
The Chicago-based options trading venue is the home to the volatility index, or VIX, but traders who deal in certain products were shut out Thursday morning as multiple planned re-openings came and went.
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Savings can come through retrofitting products to make them more efficient, upgrading already-planned purchases, building a more efficient infrastructure and improving current operations at little or no cost.
Many of those products were already in the pipeline, however, particularly a planned 2008 update for its best-selling Ford F-series pickups, which account for about one-quarter of Ford's annual sales.
Penney planned to sell those items from a mini-shop called Martha Celebrations featuring stationery and other paper products.
In Las Vegas small business vendors showcased the discounts they planned to offer as part of Small Business Saturday: a jewelry store took 20-percent off its products, a hair salon offered 20-percent off haircuts and threw in a complimentary book, a flower store offered 10-percent off its merchandise.
Many versions of these products have been launched while Mr Jobs has been on medical leave, and new versions that have been planned for months will not be affected by his departure, analysts said.
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