Wireless Digital Photo Frames, e-Books – One Step Down from NetBook? Small but disruptive technology advancements …

A recent EE Times issue [“Photo frames vie to be ‘third screen’ at home”, J. Yoshida, EE Times Edge, 23 Feb 09] and interest at the Consumer Electronics Show highlighted the potential for a growing market for wireless digital photo frames. The EE Times article quotes Marvell’s Kishore Manghani, VP for application processors, as saying “A major revolution is happening …” The same article quotes Chumby Industries CEO Stephen Tomlin as referring to the new frames as “a new class of personal consumer device…” Is this the next big opportunity in in-home consumer electronics? Or is the opportunity even larger?