Consumer Electronics

Overview

Significant technology breakthroughs in personal devices and home entertainment solutions, converging technologies, along with robust broadband services have resulted in a tremendous demand for digital lifestyle devices like high-end televisions, in-home entertainment systems, mobile phones, digital cameras, media players.

This global digital revolution has encouraged a race for advancements among product manufacturers. The competitive scenario has undergone a paradigm shift as product companies focus more and more on introducing right products at the right time and leveraging disruptive and converging technologies to capture market share.

To emerge winners in this fiercely competitive scenario, product companies are forced to find solutions for facing the enormous challenges in:

• Increasing R&D efficiency
• Reducing cost of product engineering and counter pressure on margins
• Reducing time-to-market (a must with shortening product lifecycles)
• Addressing consumer demands from various geographies simultaneously
• Introducing unique products and constantly enhancing them with emerging technologies.

How Patni Can Help You

Patni’s Consumer Electronics Practice offers complete product lifecycle services to Consumer Electronics product companies. The Practice comprises a highly skilled engineering team with ample experience in extending complete R&D support and product lifecycle services. The team has successfully leveraged its deep domain knowledge, technical competency and mature processes along with a global delivery model to deliver end-to-end solutions and services to a host of clients across the Consumer Electronics value chain.

Patni’s extended R&D and product engineering services can help product manufacturers/vendors to:

• Introduce products faster into the market leveraging the global delivery model
• Lower cost of bill-of-material by cost driven product re-engineering
• Avail of ‘one-stop shop’ services for end-to-end product development and design for manufacturing
• Avail of product localization services for emerging markets using Patni’s global presence and domain experts
• Lower cost of development, using a low-cost resource model.

Track Record for Client Success

Patni has nurtured relationships with several leading players in the Consumer Electronics industry including:

• World leaders in digital lifestyle products from Japan
• Leading manufacturer of digital media devices from US
• Finnish design house for wireless communication products
• European manufacturer of handheld entertainment and information delivery products
• Leading Australian company in the casino gaming and entertainment products industry.

International Consumer Electronics Show - CES 2011

CES 2011 is the hot trend in electronics world especially in Android World. Year 2011 is going to be Tablet Year with the launches of Tablet PC from big guys like Motorola , Samsun, HTC. Also some energetic and New players are coming with stunning and Innovative Tablet PC like Notion Ink. All these guys are going to launch their Next Generation Tablet PC on CES 2011. Consumer Electronics show 2011 what it is all about ?The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the producer of the International CES. CEA is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $165 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry.

More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services.
What’s CES all about ?

* Information
* Connections
* Exposure
* Influence
* Education

Who is going to Exhibit ?

Lot of companies and promoters are going to display various products and innovation in year 2011. See the complete list of Exhibitor Directory HERE

Tablets, smart appliances, 3D, robots, candy tech and more will mark 2011's massive Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. Much anticipated Motorola Honey Comb Tablet and Notion Ink’s Adam Tablet is going to be launched in CES 2011.

There will be other stories at CES 2011. HDTVs will dominate the landscape—not necessarily because of their importance, but because of their size. We'll see larger panels and, likely, the thinnest LED's ever. 3D TVs are also expected to be displayed more this year.

Some Pictures from CES 2010 for your Viewing Keep your Fingers Crossed … Here’s how you can keep-up with everything happening this week. The big news from announcements and hands-on videos will appear on Technology Cloud. You can also get real-time information and additional content by subscribing to Technology Cloud’s online presence.