I guess the little victories are as important as the big ones.  The Redmond Giant is all giddy over hitting their goal of one million Zunes by June.  Hey! That rhymes! They are also celebrating the fact that they beat Apple’s first 14 months of iPod sales…before MP3 players were hot. I’m so glad they are easily amused…

The million unit figure bests Apple. It took the iPod 14 months to reach 600,000 shipments, but it was much earlier in the game than the Zune, when the market for digital music players wasn’t so hot. Apple has likely sold around 25 million iPods over the same time it has taken the Zune to reach its goal, according to financial analysts.

Source: PC World

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Well this is a surprise! It appears that the average selling price of standard LCD panels between the sizes of 17 and 19 inch are going to go up rather than down. You would think that with Widescreen panels becoming the norm that prices should decrease rather than increase…

The current ASPs for 19- and 20-inch widescreen panels are staying at US$125 and US$135, respectively, the sources said. Although supply for the segments is tight now, the degree of tight supply is not as significant as that for the 17- and 19-inch standard ones, the sources noted.

Source: Digitimes

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For a couple years now, Nintendo was a mere speck on the last generation console war radar. While being sustained only by its portable gaming division with its DS products, the Wii has brought the Nintendo console division back from the dead. Despite minor setbacks like flying controllers, it appears that the word at Nintendo is “Wii Are Back”…

After placing a distant third in the last generation’s console wars, behind the PlayStation 2 and Microsoft’s original Xbox, Nintendo has roared back to a position approaching dominance on the strength of its two innovative machines: the hand-held Nintendo DS and the much- lauded Wii. Last month, Nintendo sold more than four times as many Wii units (360,000) as Sony sold PlayStation 3’s (82,000), and many people still can’t find the Wii on store shelves.

Even with Nintendo pushing out quantities on a consistent basis, the word on the street is “Wii” still can’t find one!

Source: New York Times