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According to a recent report by Strategy Analytics, the adoption of WiFi (News - Alert) enabled consumer devices is set to grow.

The report titled, “Embedded WLAN (Wi-Fi) CE Devices: Global Market Forecast,” predicts that by 2014, there will be an installed base of 2.6 billion WiFi enabled consumer devices across the globe and the retail value of the global market will exceed $250 billion in the same year.

“Consumer demand for the 'everywhere Web' will drive WiFi adoption in mobile Internet devices,”  Peter King, Director of the Connected Home Device serviceS at Strategy Analytics (News - Alert) said.

“Even where 3G or 4G technologies are available, Wi-Fi will still be a preferred access route for many, as hot-spots and home networks proliferate.”

At present, the embedded WiFi device market is dominated by computing and gaming but Strategy Analytics predicts that the market will be more diffused by 2014.

“While today the market is dominated by portable products, Wi-Fi Networked TV & Blu-ray players will become significant products in the family room by 2014,” King said.

Also featured in the report are detailed forecast models for all major emerging wireless home and portable device segments, including: digital cameras, MP3 and digital media players, handheld games consoles, Wi-Fi cellphones, mobile internet devices, consumer PCs, Netbooks, Tablets, portable navigation devices, flat panel TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players and recorders, set-top boxes, digital video recorders, digital media adapters, games consoles, digital audio systems, digital photo frames and networked attached storage devices.