“The reality of 802.11n-enabled devices being available is that many of the technical issues that constrained Wi-Fi adoption in video-centric CE devices in the past has been remedied,” says Frank Dickson, Vice President of Research. "As a result, we expect the adoption of Wi-Fi in the living room to accelerate. Across all 'digital living room' consumer electronics, which includes set top boxes, game consoles,and other such devices, Wi-Fi-enabled devices will exceed 200 million units by 2014."
Some of the research findings include:
* Mobile device with Wi-Fi will still dominate shipments. In 2013, shipments of mobile phones with embedded Wi-Fi are projected to exceed ¾ of a billion units.
* E-readers Wi-Fi attach rates will increase from 3% in 2009 to 88% by 2014.
* 29 million Digital Picture frames will be shipped in 2014, 53% will be Wi-Fi-enabled.
This research is part of In-Stat’s Wi-Fi Services service, which provides analysis of the market for Wi-Fi-enabled equipment and attach rates in PCs, peripherals, consumer electronics, communications, and industrial applications, as well as services such as hotspots and in-flight broadband. Recent In-Stat research, Wireless LAN Market Estimates and Forecast by Device 2009–2014provides global shipment numbers for all CE Devices along with the penetration of Wi-Fi into these devices.
