Fastest-ever selling consumer device -- camera phones?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:23:59 -0500
From: "Alan A. Reiter" <reiter () wirelessinternet com>
Subject: Fastest-ever selling consumer device -- camera phones?
To: farber () cis upenn edu
[ By the way, hello from the Airlie House in N. Virginia at CRA Grand 
Challange meeting djf]


Hi Dave,

I thought you might find this interesting.  It appears that camera
phones are poised to supplant DVDs are the fastest growing consumer
device, according to USA Today.



Camera phones rival DVD players as fastest growing
Devices fly off shelves while prices plummet

By Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY


LAS VEGAS -- Teeny camera cellphones appear to be on pace to replace
DVDs as the fastest-growing consumer technology device ever....

To date, 80 million camera phones have sold worldwide vs. 6 million in
the USA, research firm IDC says. This year, analyst Ron Glaz of IDC says
more camera phones will be sold worldwide, 57 million, than digital
cameras, 44 million.

By comparison, DVD players, introduced in 1997 and called the
fastest-growing consumer tech device by the Consumer Electronics
Association, sold 30 million players in its first three years, says
researcher In-Stat/MDR....


http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20031118/5687922s.htm



Alan

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