If HP is entering the Digital Photo Frame Market - Can Apple be far behind?
Digitimes reported on Friday that HP and Viewsonic were both “eyeing Taiwan-based makers which could produce the segment for them.” According to a Taiwan-based OEM, “The amount of the combined deals from HP and Viewsonic would be at least 600,000 to one million units.” Apparently, HP has recently asked for quotes from selected OEMs.
With the growing discussion of the wireless photo frame as the home “push” information appliance, it is likely that Apple has been eyeing this lucrative market opportunity. Taipei-based Topology Research Institute is predicting digital frame sales of 9.5 million units worldwide this year, growing to 16.3 million units in 2008 and then to 50.2 million units in 2010.
Could the “iFrame” be coming to a store near you? Time will tell!
2 Comments
Anonymous wrote at July 20th, 2007 at 9:24 am
what are wireless picture frames?
Jim Turner wrote at July 11th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
The iFrame? I think it would sell.