Smartphones Rising
Filed in archive Forecasts by Scott on March 05, 2006
ABI analyst Phillip Solis says:
"Increasing demand for robust data communications applications -- especially mobile email and instant messaging -- will play a role, particularly as 3G speeds improve the appeal of mobile data services. With increasing sales volumes, prices are falling fast, while the choice of modelson offer is growing rapidly (39% more models were available in 2005 than in 2004). Even as their functionality expands, smartphones are shrinking in size, offering lower power consumption and longer battery life. Finally, Wi-Fi is reaching into the smartphone, and we expect to see fully a quarter of all models offering embedded Wi-Fi by 2010."
With the push behind Windows Mobile lately, finally resurgent after languishing as a CE OS for some time, this news is good for Microsoft, as well as vendors with more robust smartphone lines. However, it may not be such good news for Symbian, which is being put under pressure by Windows Mobile as well as operators' demands for a more innovative OS.
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