Market researchers predict that information appliances will out-ship consumer PCs by 2002 in the U.S. High-volume information appliances will be products such as digital TV, DVD players, digital cameras, and handheld devices. Semiconductors enable new devices and players, but technology is increasingly becoming invisible. In the future, more functionality will be available at lower price points. Information appliance products will evolve to deliver Web content. Brands will change from “device only” to service, solutions or customer relationship provider such as financial institutions. The digital consumer revolution and the Internet are forcing broadband into the home. Such an evolution will fuel the demand for a variety of different information appliances in the current years.
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