Amazon.com Tech Trends; High-Tech Factoids from Leading Online Electronics Retailer Amazon.com.

Business Editors

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2002

Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN):

World-Class Audio Experience Now Available at Affordable Prices

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

1. Red Rose Music Spirit Speakers (Pair, $1,200) --

Wood-veneer-finished bookshelf speakers with hand-formed

ribbon tweeters.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000068V2A/

2. Red Rose Music Spirit Integrated Amplifier ($1,200) -- A

compact, integrated 35-watt-per-channel amplifier with low

noise, low distortion and high bandwidth.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000068V29/

3. Red Rose Music Spirit System ($2,000) -- A convenient,

affordable bundle of the Spirit monitors and amplifier.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000068V2C/

Motorola Revs Up Cell Phone Sales

-- Today's cell phone marketplace looks as crowded and

competitive as the start of the Tour de France. In this

crowded pack, Motorola has been making dramatic strides, with

the company's V60 cell phone setting a blazing sales pace at

Amazon.com. In fact, Motorola has overtaken Nokia as the No. 1

phone manufacturer in Amazon.com's Cell Phones & Service

Store, with the V60 accounting for half of all phones sold.

Motorola's share of cell phone sales in the store before the

V60 was 14 percent of all units sold, and now it's 55 percent.

Sony Clie Models Have Firm Grasp on Handheld/PDA Market

-- Amazon.com sales reflect Sony's aggressive marketing and

growing presence in the handheld/PDA marketplace. Sony had

four of the top 10 bestselling handhelds on the site this

week, including the Clie PEG-T615C, Clie PEG-S360, Clie

PEG-NR70V and Clie PEG-T665C. The others in the top 10 were

the Palm m515 and m130 color handhelds, the Palm m105

handheld, the Handspring Treo 90, the Compaq iPAQ H3955 color

pocket PC and the Toshiba e310 pocket PC.

Apple iPod Sales Bloom with First Windows-Compatible Models

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

Gamers Turn Up Sales of Multimedia Speakers, Transforming Computers into Entertainment Centers

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

Demand for More Memory Grows with Proliferation of Memory-Dependent Devices

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

It's No Mystery: Backyard Baseball 2003 and Nancy Drew Software Titles Hit Home Runs

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

Editorial Note:

Based on purchasing information from millions of customers, Amazon.com's Top Sellers and Movers & Shakers lists are the perfect editorial resource for any industry, business or lifestyle story. And because many of its lists are updated throughout the day, Amazon.com can supply the most relevant information to virtually any writer on a deadline. Here are a few of the resources available to the media:

-- Amazon.com Top Sellers lists track online sales in real time and can be found at www.amazon.com/top-sellers. In addition to an overall Electronics Hot 100 Top Sellers list, the Electronics Store features individual lists for hot categories like Home Theater, Handhelds and DVD Players.

-- Amazon.com Movers & Shakers lists, located at www.amazon.com/movers-and-sha kers, feature the biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours. The lists are organized by product type: electronics, software, books, music, videos, DVDs, toys and games, video games, kitchen items and housewares, outdoor living products and tools and hardware.

-- Amazon.com's expert editorial staff is available to discuss the latest products, sales and trends in categories from digital cameras and DVD players to video games, computers and software. Additionally, editors can pull customized information to supplement stories, including sales statistics, regional buying patterns, top seller lists for any product category and comparisons of sales over time.

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