The Connected Life: More Than Half of Devices at CES Were Connected
By Rob Scott
January 27, 2012
January 27, 2012
- According to the GSMA, worldwide association of mobile operators and related companies, more than half of the devices launched at CES were Internet connected.
- “GSMA calculated that more than 90 percent of TVs at CES, 70 percent of automotive devices, 44 percent of healthcare devices and 30 percent of cameras were connected,” reports ReadWriteWeb.
- The association predicts 24 billion connected devices by 2020, up from 9 billion today. Automobile connectivity is expected to be an emerging product category.
- It also estimates that connected devices will become a $1.2 trillion market by 2020.
- “At this year’s CES, more than 40 percent of the connected devices announced were gadgets such as laptops and smartphones. The rest were non-gadgets, such as those in the ‘home lifestyle’ category, which, according to the GSMA, made up 30 percent of the connected devices at CES. The products in the home lifestyle category included connected TVs, smart refrigerators and Internet-connected washers and dryers.”
- GSMA has labeled this trend “The Connected Life,” defining it as “a world where all technology devices intelligently connect.”
- The ReadWriteWeb post features several interesting charts and infographics from GSMA.
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