Who has a Digital Camera? We have three in our house! More to the point who hasn’t got a Digital Camera?
It wasn’t long ago that we heard that traditional film based camera manufacturers were facing an uncertain future. It now seems that the digital camera bubble may itself be nearing bursting point! A recent Time Magazine article using data from IDC, predicts that sales growth for this year will only be 10%, down from a 76% growth forecast in 2002!
With the rise in the integration of good quality digital cameras into mobile phones, plus all its benefits; will this be the end of the road for the compact digital camera? Certainly having all your gadgets in one package, makes for easier carrying, but of course; when that gets stolen, then it’s all gone – a good reason to keep a backup!
A few years ago I used to carry a) a HP LX320, b) an old (6yrs) Nokia mobile phone, c) a Canon IXUS 400 Film Camera, and d) Toshiba Laptop, what a drag! Now the first two have been replaced by a Sony Ericsson P910, the film camera (now hardly worth anything) was replaced by a Canon IXUS 400 digital camera and I still have the laptop. If new generation of Sony Ericsson phones have a built camera to compete with my stand alone digital camera, then that’s one more device less to carry!
It will be interesting to see the progress of this integration over the coming years and for digital camera manufacturers pondering the Time/IDC predicted digital camera sales growth of -10% for the year 2010 as to how they come up with new gadgets to save their businesses.
Interesting times as always!
Tags: Mobile Phones, Digital Cameras, Gadgets
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