Icon and Touch Screen Interfaces to Dominate 1 Billion Device Market


Report from Strategy Analytics finds Icon and Touch Screen Interfaces to Dominate 1 Billion Device Market, Motion Control & Media Player Capabilities to Surge.

Boston, MA & London, England - March 30, 2004 -/Wi-Fi Technology News/- Strategy Analytics new report, "Man Machine Interface Battlegrounds in Portable Device Markets," finds that the user interface has become the key competitive battleground. While data input remains a significant barrier for users, digital pen technology will change the manner in which portable devices manage data so that pocket devices may become data input devices...

David Kerr, Vice President comments, "Over the next 5 years, menu-driven devices will give way to products with icons and touch screens. Simultaneously, the media player market will grow tenfold as Smartphones and Feature phones compete as entertainment terminals in many applications."


Strategy Analytics associate and report author, John Moroney, adds, "Current man machine interface technologies result in consumers have difficulty reaching and using information stored in feature phones and PDAs and other pocket devices. Digital Pen technology, Motion control and mirroring can significantly improve user access. Strategy Analytics expects over 300 million devices to have motion control by 2010, while digital pen shipments ramp up in the 2007+ timeframe."

Strategy Analytics' Portable Enabling Technology Strategies (PTS) service segments the device market into large portable, pocket and wearables. Additionally, this report details the evolution of menu-driven, text-only displays; icon driven - color screens with soft keys; and touch-sensitive screens.

This latest report addresses the following critical questions:
How will portable device interfaces evolve by 2008? What will be the key enabling hardware and software technologies? What significant events will drive market evolution? When will OLEDs displace LCD? What role will voice activation and recognition play?

For a chart, "Man Machine Interface Battlegrounds in Portable Device Markets," please see http://www.strategyanalytics.com/press/pr00112.htm

About Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, provides timely insights and strategic business solutions to companies operating at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies. With worldwide headquarters in Newton, MA and principal offices in England, France and Germany, Strategy Analytics focuses on market opportunities and challenges in the areas of Automotive Electronics, Broadband, Telematics, Wireless Strategies and Enabling Technologies. For more information, see http://www.strategyanalytics.com

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David Kerr, +1 617 614 0720, dkerr@strategyanalytics.com