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Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2008
2 July 2008
 
Van L. Baker   Stephen Kleynhans   Amanda Sabia   Leslie Fiering   William Clark   Nick Jones   Paul O'Donovan   Andrew Frank   Mike McGuire   Carolina Milanesi   Jon Erensen   Amy Teng   Michele Severance   Stan Bruederle  

Consumer electronics manufacturers have moved from pure hype to delivering products with real benefits. The next wave of technology is centered on connectivity, bringing a new set of problems, and ease of use continues to be a problem.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 Off the Hype Cycle
    
 On the Rise

    
 Personal-Area Networks
    
 Over-the-Top Set-Top Boxes
    
 Microprojectors
    
 Wireless HD Cable Replacement
    
 Mobile B2C Applications
    
 Ultramobile Devices
    
 At the Peak

    
 Home Servers
    
 OLED TVs
    
 Game Consoles as Media Hubs
    
 TV Place Shifting
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 E-Book Readers
    
 Digital Media Adapters
    
 Blu-ray
    
 Mobile TV Broadcasting
    
 Wireline Home Networking (Coaxial and Power Line)
    
 Mobile TV Streaming
    
 Home-Network-Attached Storage Devices
    
 Online Game Consoles
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 Portable Navigation Devices
    
 Interactive TV
    
 HDTV Displays
    
 Household Wi-Fi
    
 Appendixes

    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Consumer Technologies, 2008
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2007
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2009
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Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2008
2 July 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2007
3 July 2007
  
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