130 Million Digital Cameras by 2010 : According to the latest forecast from Lyra Research, the digital imaging authority, worldwide digital camera shipments rose 21% in 2006 to approximately 98 million units. This sizeable growth spurt occurred despite household penetration of greater than 50% in Japan, the United States, and leading nations in Western Europe, and in spite of multimegapixel camera phones becoming commonplace in Asia and Europe. Lyra’s forecast now projects worldwide digital camera shipments to exceed 130 million camera units in 2010 for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 10 percent. Lyra’s complete digital camera forecast, available to subscribers of Lyra’s Consumer Imaging Intelligence service.
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