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Mobile Broadband-Enabled Consumer Electronics
Mobile Broadband in Mobile Gaming Consoles, Personal Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices, Digital Cameras, Digital Camcorders, and eBook Readers
Research Report
- Pages
- 93
- Deliverables
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- Released
- 4Q 2009
- Product Code
- RR-MBCE-09
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Mobile broadband-enabled consumer electronics is a relatively new class of devices positioned where consumer electronics meets mobile broadband connectivity. This is a natural evolution of devices. Consumer electronics devices increasingly include Wi-Fi for connectivity within the home and to the Internet. Producers of content are more and more aware of a wider variety of devices accessing their material. Service providers are looking to offer services to devices such as the handset and portable laptop computer. Most important, consumers are expecting their electronics systems to interface with the Internet. Wi-Fi-enabled portable CE devices are a bridge to the mobile world.
This study examines the mobile broadband-enabled consumer electronics device market, from communications to entertainment to the productivity sectors. It is the product of a comprehensive analysis that ties together six device segments around the world -- the mobile broadband hardware that consumers are using to connect CE devices to the mobile Internet -- as well as examining emerging new products and underlying technologies. It considers the various networking air interface protocols used by each type of use case and region, the enabling software components, various distribution channels such as retail and mobile network operators, and the overall impact of mobile broadband inclusion in traditional CE device categories.
What Questions Does This Report Answer?
- What are the types of CE devices that could add mobile broadband technologies?
- What are the most popular types of mobile CE devices available today?
- To what regions of the world are different mobile CE devices shipping?
- How much revenue is generated from the sale of mobile CE devices?
- What are the average selling prices for mobile CE devices?
- Which air interface protocols are being/will be used in mobile CE devices today and in the future?
Who Needs This Report?
- Consumer electronics manufacturers
- Mobile network operators
- Application service providers
- Modem vendors
Table of Contents
Executive Summary: Top-Line Forecast
Executive Summary: Drivers
Executive Summary: Inhibitors
Executive Summary: Summary and Strategic Recommendations
CHARTS:
Section 1.
Executive Summary
1.1. Overview
1.2. Market Drivers and Inhibitors
1.3. Key Findings
1.4. Strategic Recommendations
1.5. Top-Line Forecast
Section 2.
Market Issues
2.1. Complex Device Software
2.1.1. CE Device Operating Systems
2.1.2. Web Browsers as Application Development Frameworks
2.2. Mobile Network Implications
2.2.1. Proliferation of Cellular Air Interfaces
2.2.2. Network Coverage
2.2.3. Mobile Broadband Performance
2.3. Regional Variances
2.3.1. Access to Common Mobile Broadband Technologies
2.3.2. Adoption of Consumer Electronics as a Leading Indicator
2.3.3. Appropriate Service Plans and Pricing
2.4. Mobile Broadband Services
2.4.1. Pricing Plan Segmentation
2.4.2. Predicting the Most Successful Services
Section 3.
Technology Issues
3.1. Cost Implications
3.2. Power Consumption
3.3. Is Wi-Fi Experience a Prerequisite for Mobile Broadband Integration?
3.4. Mobile Broadband Air Interface Protocols
3.4.1. 3G Mobile Broadband Technologies
3.4.2. 4G Mobile Broadband Technologies
3.5. Certification, Provisioning, and Management of Mobile CE Devices
3.5.1. Testing and Certification
3.5.2. Connected Device Platforms
Section 4.
Product Segmentation and Competitive Landscape
4.1. Mobile Broadband-enabled Consumer Electronics Segmentation
4.2. Mobile Gaming Handhelds
4.2.1. Wi-Fi Connections on Portable Game Devices
4.2.2. Mobile Broadband Gaming Device Shipments
4.2.3. Mobile Broadband Gaming Device Shipments by World Region
4.2.4. Mobile Broadband Gaming Device Shipments by Air Interface
4.3. Personal Media Players
4.3.1. Wi-Fi Enabled Personal Media Players
4.3.2. Connected PMP Shipments
4.3.3. Connected PMP Shipments by World Region
4.3.4. Connected PMP Shipments by Air Interface
4.4. Personal Navigation Devices
4.4.1. New Launches Seek to Anchor the Connected PND Category
4.4.2. Connected PND Shipments
4.4.3. Connected PND Shipments by World Region
4.4.4. Connected PND Shipments by Air Interface
4.5. Digital Still Image Cameras
4.5.1. Wi-Fi as an Indicator of Wireless Adoption in Digital Still Cameras
4.5.2. Can digital camera manufacturers afford mobile broadband modems?
4.5.3. Digital camera vendors as service providers
4.5.4. Connected Digital Camera Shipments
4.5.5. Connected Digital Camera Shipments by World Region
4.5.6. Connected Digital Camera Shipments by Air Interface
4.6. Digital Camcorders
4.6.1. Are Mobile Broadband Networks Able to Support Content Creation and Sharing?
4.6.2. Skipping Wi-Fi for Mobile Broadband
4.6.3. Connected Digital Camcorder Shipments
4.6.4. Connected Digital Camcorder Shipments by World Region
4.6.5. Connected Digital Camcorder Shipments by Air Interface
4.7. eBook Readers
4.7.1. The Connected eBook Reader Market
4.7.2. International Coverage for Kindle Whispernet
4.7.3. Kindle Flames Possible Content War
4.7.4. Early Adopters and Next-Generation Opportunities
4.7.5. Are Connected eBook Readers Heading Towards Obsolescence?
4.7.6. Connected eBook Reader Shipments
4.7.7. Connected eBook Reader Shipments by World Region
4.7.8. Connected eBook Reader Shipments by Air Interface
Section 5.
Market Forecasts
5.1. Methodology
5.1.1. General Methodology
5.2. Regional Definitions
5.2.1. Asia-Pacific
5.2.2. North America
5.2.3. Latin America
5.2.4. Western Europe
5.2.5. Eastern Europe
5.2.6. Middle East and Africa
5.3. Assumptions
5.3.1. Mobile Gaming Device Forecast Assumptions
5.3.2. Connected PMP Forecast Assumptions
5.3.3. Connected PND Forecast Assumptions
5.3.4. Digital Camera Forecast Assumptions
5.3.5. Digital Camcorder Forecast Assumptions
5.3.6. Connected eBook Reader Forecast Assumptions
5.4. Equipment Shipments, Revenues, and Forecasts
5.4.1. Device Shipments by Device Type
5.4.2. Device ASP by Device Type
5.4.3. Device Revenue by Device Type
5.4.4. Device Revenue by World Region
5.4.5. Device Shipments by World Region
5.4.6. Device Shipments by Air Interface Protocol
Section 6.
Company Directory
Section 7.
Acronyms
Scope of Study
Sources and Methodology
Notes
24 Tables
4-6
Connected Personal Media Player Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
4-8
Connected Personal Navigation Device Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
4-14
Mobile Broadband Digital Camcorder Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
29 Charts
- Mobile CE Device Shipments by Device Type World Market, Forecast: 2008-2014
- Wi-Fi Handheld Game Device Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Game Device Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Game Device Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Game Device Shipments by Air interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Wi-Fi Personal Media Player Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Media Player Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Media Player Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Media Player Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Navigation Device Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Navigation Device Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected Personal Navigation Device Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Wi-Fi Digital Still Camera Shipments , World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Still Camera Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Still Camera Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Still Camera Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Wi-Fi Digital Camcorder Shipments , World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Camcorder Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Camcorder Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile Broadband Digital Camcorder Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected eBook Reader Shipments, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected eBook Reader Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Connected eBook Reader Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device Shipments by Device Type, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device ASP by Device Type, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device Revenue by Device Type, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device Revenues by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device Shipments by World Region, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014
- Mobile CE Device Shipments by Air Interface, World Market, Forecast: 2008 to 2014