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Worldwide Hard Disk Drives in Mobile Phones 2004-2008 Forecast: Hype Versus Reality

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: April 2004
Product Code: R104-15088
Description
This document is about Worldwide Hard Disk Drives in Mobile Phones 2004-2008 Forecast: Hype Versus Reality
Table of Contents


Table of Contents


IDC Opinion


In This Study


Methodology


Primary Data Sources


Secondary Sources


Situation Overview


The Mobile Phone Industry


The Small Form Factor Disk Drive


Figure: Worldwide HDD Price per Gigabyte by Form Factor, 1998?2003


Potential for a Mobile Phone and Disk Drive Marriage?


Advantages


Storage Commensurate with Bandwidth


Preloaded Content


Advanced Functionality


Challenges


Power Consumption


Bottom Line


Cost


Bottom Line


Size


Bottom Line


Robustness


Bottom Line


Competition (Solid State)


Bottom Line


Decisions


Embedded or Removable


Capacity


How Much Functionality Is Too Much?


Future Outlook


Forecast and Assumptions


Table: The Converged Mobile Device Opportunity Within the Overall Mobile Phone Market, 2001-2008 (%)


Table: The Embedded HDD Opportunity Within the Converged Mobile Device Market, 2001-2008 (%)


Figure: The Converged Mobile Device Opportunity Within the Overall Mobile Phone Market, 2001?2008


Figure: The Embedded HDD Opportunity Within the Converged Mobile Device Market, 2001?2008


Table: Worldwide HDD-Embedded Mobile Phone Shipments, 2000-2008 (M)


Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide HDD-Embedded Mobile Phone Market, 2004-2008


The Wild Cards: Telephony + Consumer Electronics or a Derivative Disk Drive


Consumer Electronics Device with Telephony


Derivative Disk Drive Design


Wild Card Summary


Essential Guidance


Mobile Phone Vendors


HDD Vendors


End Users


Learn More


Related Research


Worldwide Hard Disk Drive Forecast and Analysis


Relevant HDD Flashes and Insights


Worldwide Mobile Phone QView


Worldwide Handheld QView


Special Reports


Smart Handheld Devices


Overview


Enterprise


Solutions


Technology


Synopsis




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