Ten Questions for: Harry Wang, Parks Associates

Posted on Feb 8, 2007 by Sam Costello at 7:34 am

Harry Wang of Parks Associates is out ahead of the pack. He’s one of the only market analyst/researcher who is paying close attention to the emerging wireless digital picture frame market. Since he’s as expert as anyone on what’s happening in the market, and where it’s heading, we approached him for the first in what we plan to be a regular monthly interview feature. We thank him for giving us some time from his busy schedule.

1. What percentage of that figure do you expect to be wireless-enabled?
I am in the process of revising of my forecast, so in 2010 digital picture frame (DPF) shipments worldwide might be revised upward as many positive developments are taking place in the market right now. Wireless will be a standard feature by then — much like Wi-Fi in today’s notebook computers. Wireless features will be supported by a variety of protocols including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or wireless USB. But it will take time for the market to reach this saturation level and my view is that before mid-2008, the market will still be dominated by non-wireless photo frames.
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