Home Networking: Next Big Thing For Consumer Devices

Home Networking: Next Big Thing For Consumer Devices

Consumer electronics purchases will get a new push in the coming months from increased consumer demand for networking among imaging and mobile devices, according to a survey announced Tuesday by Parks Associates.
The new demand, which Parks described as the "next wave of consumer electronics purchasing," will center largely on the home use of digital cameras, photo frames, and mobile phones, the market research firm said, adding that the complete results of the study will be released at the Connextion Summit at next month's CES event.



Parks said its survey of U.S. consumers found that nearly 50% of U.S. households with broadband want a digital camera with network support capabilities and nearly 40% would like a network support digital photo frame.

The Parks study found that consumers see new value in products and IT support services that enable them to transfer mobile calls to fixed line phones and to move music and photos among PCs and portable multimedia players.