The digital revolution in consumer electronics, including personal computer gadgets, gained attention in 1998, and it is expected to take a stronger hold of the market in the 1999. In 1998 the consumer electronics industry set the cornerstone for the switch to digital products from analog products, as companies formed alliances and introduced new products in the personal computer gadget, digital camera, and digital television.
Digital technology produces sharper, higher-resolution images and crisper sound.
He added the shift will drive the consumer electronics market for the next five to six years. Personal computer-type gadgets are perhaps most deliberating of the on going digital age, and 3Com's PalmPilot is everyone's favorite example. These products let you take pieces from the Internet any where you go,'' said Matthew Nordan, an analyst at Forrester Research . Now as we enter into 1999 companies like WebGear become the latest company to weigh in on the home networking front, saying it will offer products in early 1999 for connecting PCs, printers, and even entertainment devices into a wireless local network. Users can also share Internet connections with the use of included software, instead of installing additional phone lines or opening separate ISP accounts, the company said.