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That accounted for 38 percent of the company's wireless service revenue. Nearly 50 percent of U.S. cellphone users pay for mobile Internet access, according to Parks Associates.

The Dallas-based research firm says global mobile data revenue, which includes Internet, text messaging and other non-voice services, will hit $500 billion in 2015, up from $204 billion in 2010.

From the article, "In the race for speed, no 4G network yet tops the list" by Andy Vuong

The tablet computer is easily the most hyped consumer electronic of 2011, a title held by 3-D TVs a year ago. While 3-D TVs largely fizzled, tablets already have an established presence.

In 2010, 16.5 million tablets were sold worldwide, with Apple selling nearly 15 million iPads, according to research firm Parks Associates.

From the article, "Tablets playing catch-up with iPad" by Andy Vuong

"The digital living room really has opportunities for everybody," said Kurt Scherf, a vice president and principal analyst for research firm Parks Associates. "It clearly starts with video, and how you enhance things like video on demand."

Internet-enabled TVs were about a quarter of 2010 TV sales, says Parks Associates. By 2015, they'll make up three-quarters of all TV sales.

Scherf, the Parks Associates vice president, said motion-controlled remotes are on the horizon. ...read more

According to research firm Parks Associates, roughly 7 million U.S. households, about 5 percent of the TV market, now own an Internet-enabled TV — which, much like computers, can connect to Web services via wired or WiFi connections. That figure is projected to jump to 65 million by 2015.

"Connected devices are the future of content consumption and entertainment in the living room," said Parks Associates vice president Kurt Scherf.

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Acquiring the rights to broadcast content from HBO and others is expensive, said Kurt Scherf, principal analyst for research firm Parks Associates.

"With the amount of content being created and consumed today, the average broadband household will soon need close to a terabyte (1,000 gigabytes) of storage to account for their personal media collections on PCs, portable devices and DVRs," said Jane Shields, a research analyst with Dallas-based Parks Associates.  

From the article, "Slim hard drive opens windows to future" by Steve Raabe

The market for prewired homes will be worth $1 billion nationally between 2000 and 2004, according to a forecast by Dallas-based Parks Associates market research firm. Parks also forecast that half of all new homes will be prewired by the end of 2004.

From the article "Hot-wired for expansion: Businesses capitalize on home buyers' desire to prewire," by Kelly Pate.