According to researcher In-Stat , shipments of consumer electronics devices embedded with Wi-Fi could reach nearly 1 billion by 2012. More than 294 million devices with Wi-Fi shipped last year, says In-Stat.

Shipments of consumer electronics devices embedded with Wi-Fi technology could reach nearly 1 billion by 2012, according to new research from In-Stat.

Research firm In-Stat is saying that shipments of consumer electronics devices with Wi-Fi capabilities will reach almost 1 billion per year by the year 2012.

A memory card that wirelessly sends pictures from a digital camera to a computer letting you skip the tedium of plugging the camera in to upload images got bragging rights Wednesday at the International Consumer Electronics Show.

While mobile PCs and portable consumer electronic (CE) devices comprised the lion’s share of Wi-Fi chipset shipments in 2008, mobile handsets and stationary CE categories are driving the market growth, reports In-Stat. In 2008, Wi-/Fi chipsets in mobile handsets grew by more than 51%. By 2010, In-Stat anticipates that this category will exceed 20% of

Due to the outsized installed base in mobile PCs and home networks, flexibility, and adult environment, Wi-Fi has been esteemed as the “Swiss army knife” technology for the consumer electronic (CE) market reports In-Stat. According to Victoria Fodale, In-Stat (a high-tech market research firm) analyst, digital TV will be the second largest category of CE

In-Stat releases new report showing by 2011 Wi-Fi handsets will surpass PCs as the largest category of Wi-Fi devices.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is the equivalent of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras for many tech companies, the moment when they roll out many of their latest or upcoming products to the public for the first time. From small IT startups to massive corporations such as Intel and Microsoft, seemingly everyone has a presence at the event. Here, eWEEK looks at some of the trends that ...

T-Mobile is a strong presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it is said to showcase five new phones across its entire range, three of which feature Wi-Fi calling. The Motorola W233

Here is something odd. Well, according to IntoMobile, an unannounced Blackberry 8910 Curve made an unexpected appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks back at the Case-Mate booth. Apparently, the 8910 Curve was on hand showcasing a Fuel Lite battery pack/case. Seemingly, the handset comes equipped with a 256MB RAM, Wi-Fi, and a