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• Networking Connections Go from Nice-To-Have to Necessary in Consumer Electronics, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-03-26

  New York -- According to ABI Research, in coming years home network connections will no longer be an optional feature for many consumer electronics products, as digital content, social networking and IP services delivered through embedded network connections will be demanded by consumers in the devices they buy. The leading...

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• Mobile Broadband Enabled Consumer Electronics Devices Will Expand in 2008, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-10-05

  NEW YORK -- There is a new class of devices emerging on the horizon: a convergence of everyday consumer electronics and mobile broadband.

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• Rapid Shift to 802.11n in Routers and Gateways Will Spill over into Consumer Electronics, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-08-10

  NEW YORK -- As Wi-Fi-enabled consumer electronics proliferate, the growth of 802.11n in connected entertainment devices will outpace that of other networking technologies, according to a study by ABI Research. Demand from consumers and device manufacturers to unleash video entertainment around the home will create a need for high-speed networking...

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• Sprint Nextel/Clearwire Collaboration Is Good News for Broadband-Enabled Mobile Consumer Electronics, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-07-31

  NEW YORK -- In the not-too-distant future, many digital cameras, media players, and portable game devices will access the Internet from anywhere with mobile broadband coverage. The recent announcement by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire of a partnership to provide mobile WiMAX services to most of the US population should be...

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• ABI Research Studies Secure Processors for Consumer Electronics: From Zero to 60 Million in Six Years

  - 2007-05-10

  NEW YORK -- In today's consumer electronics products, hardware IC features play little role in protecting copyrighted content. Popular digital rights management schemes that depend on secure software implementations such as Windows DRM, Fairplay, and AACS are routinely targeted and hacked. However, processor companies are enhancing their architectures and embracing...

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• Mobile Broadband-Enabled Consumer Electronics Will Reach 50 Million Shipments by 2012, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-04-12

  NEW YORK -- No sooner has the market for consumer electronics devices incorporating Wi-Fi begun to gain real traction than another, based on high-speed connections via 3G cellular technologies or mobile WiMAX, is starting to take shape. According to a new study from ABI Research, portable consumer electronics - digital...

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• ABI Research Sees Increased Momentum for Media Server Technology Across PC, Set-Top Box, and Consumer Electronics Market in 2006

  - 2006-11-13

  NEW YORK -- The media server market is gaining significant momentum as large end-user platform vendors release new products across the different product categories for digital distribution and content shifting both in the home and over the Internet. ABI Research believes that a media server strategy is fast becoming a...

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• ABI research sees increased momentum for media server technology across PC, set-top box, and consumer electronics market in 2006.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)

  - 2006-11-01

  The media server market is gaining significant momentum as large end-user platform vendors release new products across the different product categories for digital distribution and content shifting both in the home and over the Internet. ABI Resear The media server market is gaining significant...

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• ABI Research Says Consumer Electronics Will Become the New Growth Market for Wi-Fi

  - 2006-09-26

  NEW YORK -- While consumer electronics today rely largely on physical media and on broadcast delivery of entertainment content, a new study from ABI Research finds the market in the midst of a major shift to a greater reliance on network-based delivery. Wi-Fi networking is expected to become a key...

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• Consumer Electronics Manufacturers' Retail Strategies Could Be Risky, According to ABI Research

  - 2006-07-26

  OYSTER BAY, New York -- Major manufacturers of consumer electronics equipment are embarking on a strategy that will disrupt traditional CE retail networks, and may expose them to new risks, according to ABI Research.

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