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Annual Shipments of Digital Photo Frames Will Exceed
12 Million in 2010
Digital Photo Frame Market Experiencing Well-deserved Rebound
The global market for digital photo frame products will exceed 12
million units by 2010, up from an estimated 700,000 units shipped in 2005,
according to
Digital Cameras and Imaging: Analysis and Forecasts, a recently
published report from Parks Associates. A digital photo frame is an
electronic device in a conventional photo-frame form factor, and it allows
consumers to store and display digital pictures on an LCD screen.
“The digital photo frame market has finally emerged from the doldrums
of 2001-2003, when low consumer interest and high hardware costs dampened
demand,” said Harry
Wang, research analyst at Parks Associates. “This reinvigorated market
is ready for its second life.”
Digital Cameras and Imaging: Analysis and Forecasts attributes the
renewed interest in digital photo frame products to consumers’ heightened
familiarity with digital imaging applications, the growing number and
increasing significance of digital pictures in households around the
world, more affordable prices for hardware and flash memory, and better
product design and features, which create a more enjoyable user
experience.
“This industry still has to clear a few bumps in the road ahead, and
consumers are not likely to change their habits overnight,”
Wang said. “But
gradually, the digital photo frame will convince families of its many
merits, including convenience, ease of use, and stunning visual effects.”
Wang also believes expanded retail presence will further heighten
consumers’ awareness and push the product category into the mainstream.
Digital Cameras and Imaging: Analysis and Forecasts offers a
holistic picture of the entire digital imaging value chain, focusing on
the hardware, software, and services that fulfill the imaging needs of
consumers. It probes consumers’ usage patterns and purchasing behaviors,
segments consumers based on their imaging needs, evaluates product and
pricing strategies of current products and services, analyzes market
drivers and barriers, profiles major players, and estimates the market
potential for digital cameras, photo printing services, and the emerging
digital photo frame products and services.
For additional information on
Digital Cameras and Imaging: Analysis and Forecasts, visit
http://www.parksassociates.com
or contact 972-490-1113 or
sales@parksassociates.com.
About Parks Associates: Parks Associates is an
internationally recognized market research and consulting company specializing
in emerging consumer technology products and services. Founded in 1986, Parks
Associates creates research capital for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to
small start-ups through market reports, primary studies, consumer research,
custom research, workshops, executive conferences, and annual service
subscriptions.
The company's expertise includes new media, digital
entertainment and gaming, home networks, Internet and television services,
digital health, mobile applications and services, consumer electronics, and home
control systems and security.
Each year, Parks Associates hosts executive thought
leadership conferences CONNECTIONS™, with support from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), and CONNECTIONS™ Europe. In addition, Parks
Associates produces the online publication Industry Insights in
conjunction with the CONNECTIONS™ Conference series.
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