Mirror.co.uk - PORTABLE VIDEO BOOM
PORTABLE VIDEO BOOM
Jun 28 2004
Exclusive By Ruki Sayid, Consumer Editor
THIS is the toy children will be begging for this Christmas.
And although there are 180 days left until December 25, toy shop bosses predict pocket-sized VideoNow looks set to go straight into the UK's top 10 requests for Santa.
The craze for the 14in by 12in portable "personal video player" has already swept America.
Sales in the first six months of its launch in the US topped �62million.
The �69.99 video player - dubbed "instant on-the-go entertainment" for kids - has mini discs which slot in and play up to 30 minutes of colour footage from cartoon favourites like Sponge Bob, Squarepants and Rugrats.
PORTABLE VIDEO BOOM
Jun 28 2004
Exclusive By Ruki Sayid, Consumer Editor
THIS is the toy children will be begging for this Christmas.
And although there are 180 days left until December 25, toy shop bosses predict pocket-sized VideoNow looks set to go straight into the UK's top 10 requests for Santa.
The craze for the 14in by 12in portable "personal video player" has already swept America.
Sales in the first six months of its launch in the US topped �62million.
The �69.99 video player - dubbed "instant on-the-go entertainment" for kids - has mini discs which slot in and play up to 30 minutes of colour footage from cartoon favourites like Sponge Bob, Squarepants and Rugrats.

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