Mobile Web Pads and Digital Audio Receivers To Help Lead The Internet Appliance Charge, Says Allied Business Intelligence

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Mobile Web Pads and Digital Audio Receivers To Help Lead The Internet Appliance Charge, Says Allied Business Intelligence

URL(s): www.alliedworld.com

OYSTER BAY, NY, April 26, 2001--Mobile web pads and digital audio receivers are two of the Internet appliance categories that are expected to help validate the Internet appliance space. Mobile web pad worldwide shipments are forecast to grow to 23.1 million units by 2006, a market worth $7.8 billion. Digital audio receivers shipments will reach 23.2 million units by 2006, a market worth $3.4 billion. This is according to the new Allied Business Intelligence (ABI) report, Internet Appliances: Network-Centric Computing Opportunities in the Internet Age.

"There are over two dozen companies actively developing mobile web pads, and a number of major companies are banking on this representing a legitimate market segment," stated Navin Sabharwal, Vice President of Residential and Networking Technologies for ABI and author of the report. "Digital audio receivers also have excellent growth prospects with the rise online digital music."

Mobile web pads will begin intermediate volume shipments this year, with many units being targeted at vertical markets such as healthcare and enterprises where cost is not a primary issue. In 2002 we should see significant volume targeted to consumer markets, particularly as large companies such as Microsoft and Intel make good on their product plans. Many mobile web pad vendors will come to market based on Transmeta-powered solutions, and particularly National Semiconductor reference designs that use the Geode processor cores.

Both mobile web pads and digital audio receivers are beginning to benefit from home networking technologies that allow these devices to be used virtually anywhere in the home. With cost reduction in wireless networking technologies such as 802.11b and HomeRF, it is becoming possible to market mobile web pads including the access point for under $700, and eventually for under $500. Similarly, most digital audio receivers have begun to employ HomePNA phoneline networking technology and in the near future they will use HomePlug-compliant powerline networking solutions.

The ABI report segments line-powered Internet appliances into nine device categories. They are tethered web pads, mobile web pads, email clients, fixed-line web screen phones, digital audio receivers, consumer desktop thin clients, enterprise desktop thin clients, net TV devices and web-enabled game consoles.

Allied Business Intelligence Inc is an Oyster Bay NY-based technology research think tank specializing in communications and emerging markets. ABI publishes strategic research on the broadband, wireless, electronics, networking and energy industries. Details of these studies can be found at www.alliedworld.com or call 516-624-3113 for more info.

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