Predicting less than great tech sales at Xmas...

Interesting article on Xmas electronic sales at the title link, some important parts:

Analysts predict revenues are slowing for several reasons: prices for a range of products, most notably flat-panel TVs, have dropped significantly; hits of previous years, such as digital cameras, are maturing; supplies of the new game systems are limited; and no other new blockbuster products seem to have emerged.

While mainstays like TVs, Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL)'s iPods, and laptops will still fuel sales, there appears to be little on the horizon to trigger a repeat of the revenue growth of recent years. A sobering forecast looms for 2007 as well.

"There just isn't a new must-have product like last year," when then-new models of the video-capable iPod and pencil-thin iPod Nano were in demand, Crotty said. Apple sold 14 million iPods during the 2005 holiday quarter and another 25 million units on top of that through September this year. Apple also trimmed prices for some of the new iPod models it debuted this fall.