Abstract
Portable Media Players are beginning to emerge under a wide variety of names; MP4 Player,
Portable Video Player, Portable Media Center and Handheld Multimedia Player. Like the diverse number
of monikers for these platforms, they ship in a broad array of shapes and sizes, with differing
feature sets, screen sizes, resolutions, technical capabilities, performance profiles and media
support.
While worldwide shipments of these devices barely registered on the radar screen just a year ago,
S2 Data Corp is forecasting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 60% through 2009. In the
report, "Portable Media Players: Market Forecast and Platform Analysis" S2 Data Corp
provides semiconductor companies and OEMs with a detailed perspective on the worldwide market
dynamics, including a five year unit and ASP forecast, as well as the first-ever breakout of the
emerging platform segmentation. Understand how the market will segment and what the dominant feature
sets and form factors will be.
In addition to a detailed market analysis, the report also provides analysis of the technology
trends impacting design decisions over the next two year design cycle. This study examines many of
the critical design issues that will face PMP manufacturers and chip makers, such as; the
integration of wireless capabilities, support for live digital broadcast TV, video codec evolution,
video performance profiles including encode and decode resolutions and frame rates. The report also
examines the future of still image format as well as LCD screen sizes.
This report is an invaluable resource for platform strategists, marketing executives, system
architects, product managers and financial analysts. | 
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