BBC NEWS | Technology | Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'

BBC NEWS | Technology | Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'
"Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'
By Jo Twist
BBC News technology reporter, in Las Vegas

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Hybrid devices - such as this camera with wi-fi - were popular
The explosion in consumer technology is to continue into 2005, delegates at the world's largest gadget show, in Las Vegas, have been told.

The number of gadgets in the shops is predicted to grow by 11%, while devices which talk to each other will become increasingly important. 'Everything is going digital,' Kirsten Pfeifer from the Consumer Electronics Association, told the BBC News website."