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According to a recent  research bt IMS The number of devices that are connected to the Internet is expected to pass the 5 billion milestone later this month, according to IMS Research. The company, which tracks the installed base of Internet capable equipment, believes that the second wave of connected device growth is accelerating, and this will be followed by further growth waves in many new connected device types, leading to its forecast of 22 billion Internet connected devices by 2020.

MS Research , founded in 1989 and is one of the leading suppliers of detailed, quality market research to the global electronics industry This month non-human objects such as GPS devices and Broadband TV’s are coming online in greater numbers in the last 3 months with AT&T and Verizon than new human subscribers according to research analyst Chetan Sharma.

In a recent blog post on Futuristic digital Trends,well known blogger Jeff Bulla lists some of the highlights on the connected world by 2010

• The number of devices are that are connected to the Internet is expected to pass 5 billion later this month according to IMS research (this includes digital picture frames, cameras and ebook readers)
• Predictions are that by 2020 that the number of connected ‘things’ will surpass 22
• billion Currently over 1 billion computers worldwide are regularly connected to the internet
• Internet connected phones have now passed 1 billion (exceeding the number of computers) and growing far more rapidly
• By 2020 there is predicted to be 6 billion cell phones with most being connected to the net

According to IMS Research by 2020 a

• there will be over 6 billion cell phones in use around the world, the great majority of which will be Internet connected
• .There are around 2.5 billion TVs in use today, and that many of these will be replaced with Internet connected sets, either directly or via a set-top box,
• An increasing proportion of the world’s 1.1 billion cars will be replaced over time by models that have Internet connectivity.” Chief Futurist for Cisco Systems, Dave Evans predicts that
•  By 2012, 90% of data will be video
• By 2050 a computer with the computing power of nine billion brains will be available for $1,000 We currently only know 5% of what we will know in 50 years