1. Consumer devices attached to the Internet will be expected to generate an unambiguous origin identification. 2. An increased need for memory chips for multimedia computers and consumer electronics devices has increased demand -- and prices. 3. Analysts said the issue was whether the market for consumer devices beyond high-end digital cameras would emerge quickly enough to justify the new small disk. 4. And in June it said it would start making silicon germanium chips, which are expected to have a broad market soon in portable and wireless consumer devices. 5. And imagine a world full of wireless consumer devices that could read those Web pages. 6. Another wireless standard called Bluetooth will show up in products next year to allow small appliances, phones, computer peripherals and consumer electronics devices to communicate automatically. 7. Apertos has a core that requires very little memory to store, which makes it suitable for consumer electronic devices. 8. Another area being watched by analysts and investors is the Windows CE operating system for consumer devices. 9. Apple taken a few steps down this path, with its new Pippin consumer multimedia device. 10. As always, the dream of turning a computer into a consumer device slams into the reality of Windows itself and the software written for it. |