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While the rush to pre-order PS3’s in the UK continues to build, retail outlet HMV seem to be taking advantage of the long awaited launch.

While it is now standard to take pre-orders for new games consoles, HMV have stated that customers must buy a PSP system as well as a PS3 if they wish to pre-order.  The full value of the whole package is a whopping £675, and you are not even guaranteed a PS3 at launch!

Even though the games console market has taken on a new lease of life over recent months, with added online functionality and improved graphics / sound, there is some concern at the price of the new system - which is ultimately aimed at the younger end of the market.  Even though this new development from HMV has nothing to do with Sony, there are fears that they will feel a backlash from a consumer already questioning the pricing structure for recent releases.

If the UK release of the PS3 were to hit any more problems there is a chance that customer loyalty to the Sony console may suffer.  Sony are already under financial pressure from the launch delays, as well as increased research and development costs.  Are Sony in the last chance saloon? Time will tell.

At a time when the games console market is on its knees with launch delays, bugs and sky high pricing, who in their right mind would be looking to join the crowd? If you believe the recent comments attributed to both companies, and intense speculation on the internet, it seems that both Dell and Nokia are looking at high profile gaming launches this year.

While the current big three in the market, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have all had their problems of late, there is no doubt that they have a major strangle hold on the market. The reason for the possible new entrants to the market may lie in the fact that the Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 have all ventured outside of their traditional gaming environment into a more multi-media based area of industry.  This is what may have prompted the response from Dell and Nokia, as they look to put down a marker for the future and protect their area of the market.

While you would not normally expect new entrants to the gaming market to have a major impact, the likes of Dell and Nokia already have a loyal customer base and a high reputation in their specialist fields.  While many market observers have been surprised by the cost of recent gaming products such as the Playstation 3, etc, we may see some price deflation if their market positions were to be put under threat.

To many it may sound like a gimmick, but the launch of a music search engine called Midomi (Midomi.com) has the potential to break into new areas of voice recognition. Recently released in beta form by Melodis (Melodis.com), Midomi is a voice activated recognition system geared towards the music market.

The website allows you to either sing, hum or whistle your favourite song, and the search engine will analyse the tune, words, etc and search its vast database of songs to find a match.  While you may believe that it is impossible to search on the above criteria, the system is built around a very powerful recognition system called the Multimodal Adaptive Recognition System (MARS). 

The high tech MARS system actually strips down the sound input to words, pitch, tempo, etc.  The system is then capable of ignoring the speech element if the user hums or sings the song, allowing for a more defined search criteria.

The site is part of a social network which allows users to tag and store their favourite songs, which are then automatically added to the search engine database.  As the database of songs is ever growing, the array of songs will always be changing with the times.

The algorithms and filtering system behind this venture can be used in a variety of areas of business in the future.  This is no gimmick and could literally change the way we search for information on the internet.

Still in beta .. but looks good…  

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