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Market research firm In-Stat says “conventional wireless industry wisdom” is that users want a single wireless device that does it all: phone, email, PDA, entertainment, and more, all in one gizmo. However, a new new market research report from the company finds that most users carry multiple wireless devices which often have redundant functions—and, furthermore, that users don't necessarily feel they'd be any… Read More

You can now buy a 2GB SD memory card for well under 100 dollars, so it should come as no surprise to hear that Solid State Drives (flash based) will eventually be picking up steam in the mobile PC market. Research firm In-Stat says that figure could reach 50% percent of the market by the year 2013. The company surveyed 389 mobile computer users and researched the current trends in Flash development to come to this conclusion. “The… Read More

Fewer than 9% of respondents to an In-Stat early adopter consumer survey were very or extremely interested in buying a cell phone capable of playing MP3 or other music files, and less than 11% were very or extremely interested in broadcast TV functionality, the high-tech research firm says. “Cell phone manufacturers, carriers and content providers face serious challenges in convincing these end users of the benefits of music- or… Read More

A closely guarded secret for five years, IBM's Cell processor has finally been unveiled, and the chip is expected to have a major impact on the video game market, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). The goal of Cell developers was to create a new architecture that could process the next generation of broadband media andgraphics with greater efficiency than the traditional approaches of ultradeep pipelines and the ganging of numerous… Read More

With technical standards development and consumer education challenges for vendors still looming large but becoming less burdensome, media networking will continue to grow rapidly through 2009, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Much of the growth will be driven by PC vendors, who are rolling out media center PCs that fit the living room in terms of style and function. A recent report by In-Stat found the following: — The… Read More

To date, the emphasis has been on mono headsets used for mobile phones. This has been primarily driven by HandsFree regulations and the movement toward the safety and convenience of cordlessheadsets. The emerging headsets that are just about to begin making splashes in retail are stereo headphones for listening to music, as well as for receiving/making phone calls. “However, this growth potential is tempered by the challenge of providing… Read More

From In-Stat/MDR's press release: With good momentum already in the US and worldwide, In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com) believes that mobile gaming, while remaining a niche market, will continue its rise as a key contributor to wireless data usage and revenues. The high-tech market research firm estimates that, by 2009, mobile gaming services in the US will generate $1.8 billion annually, or approximately 4.4% of total wireless… Read More

However, the big breakout period for these products is still about 12 to 18 months away. Yet, according to Neil Strother, a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR, “This doesn't mean that this year is not an important one. As this segment builds there are many things worth knowing in order to take advantage of these business opportunities.” Some of the reasons why smartphones are taking off include smaller form factors, falling… Read More

The market for products with IEEE 1394 (1394) continues to be characterized by both tremendous opportunity and enormous ambiguity, according to In-Stat/MDR (http://www.instat.com). The high-techmarket research firm reports that the high-speed serial bus specification (also known as FireWire or i.Link) is thriving in both PC and Consumer Electronics (CE) markets and, as a result, shipmentsof 1394-enabled devices are expected to see a 22.2%… Read More

The high-tech market research firm In-Stat/MDR has released a report on the digital radio industry. They believe that new content (stations that only exist in digital) and data services will drive consumer demand for radios. These factors are already at work in the digital satellite radio arena in the US and the digital terrestrial market in the UK, according to their research.