The phrase "a consumer technology" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to technology that is designed for use by the general public or individual consumers, rather than businesses or organizations.
Example: "Smartphones are a consumer technology that have transformed the way we communicate and access information."
Alternatives: "a personal technology" or "a retail technology".
I'm increasingly convinced, however, that there should be a consumer technology complaint columnist.
Is there a connection between the birth of the consumers' republic and the dawn of a consumer technology linking Americans together as never before?
"There may be natural inhibitions to being seen, but when I'm on a mobile device I'm out and about, so I'm more likely to be presentable," said Michael Gartenberg, a consumer technology analyst at Gartner.
By zeroing in on such high-growth products, Toshiba hopes to more than double its operating income in the next three years and become known primarily as a consumer technology company along the lines of Sony and Sharp.
For one, although the Zune has a larger screen than the iPod, it is not a big enough difference to matter, said Ted Schadler, a consumer technology analyst for Forrester Research.
"What happens is when you have a very good 3-D depth sensor and you're able to use that on a mobile device or in the living room, a lot of very interesting things start to happen," said Ben Bajarin, a consumer technology analyst for Creative Strategies who follows Apple.
"Most consumers don't have true networks at home; they're only divvying up their internet access," says Kurt Scherf at Parks Associates, a consumer-technology consultancy.
Only 32% of American households with internet access polled by Parks Associates, a consumer-technology consultancy, said they were "comfortable" with their PC becoming an entertainment system.
Parks Associates, a consumer-technology consultancy, estimates that 10m American households already have a digital video recorder".Segmentation", an advertising trend during the past two decades tied to fragmentation in the media, represents only a cosmetic change, thinks Mr Tobaccowala.
A phone that flies in the face of a consumer-technology industry transfixed by big data and how to make money from it.Users of Mr Balkan's phone will have extensive control over any data it collects.
Whether anybody, including him, knew what he meant is uncertain, but next week's Japanese launch of the PlayStation 2 (PSony Sony's new games console, probably gets close.Not since Windows 95 has the launch of a consumer-technology product generated quite so much hoopla.
