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- Major players: Blackberry (RIM running into state security issues in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UAE), Nokia, Ericsson, Palm, Android (Google), iPhone (Apple), Microsoft
- Android was in fourth place during the first three months of 2010, trailing the Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple smartphone OSes by a margin of about 5 million and 3 million, according to market research company Gartner, which tracks the number of smartphones sold to end users. However, since then sales have picked up significantly. In February, Google said 60,000 Android phones were sold per day and in June that number had gone up to 160,000, according to Google. Today, 200,000 Android-based smartphones are sold every day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on 8/4/2010 (see http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180197/Android_growing_much_faster_than_expected_say_analysts?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2010-08-05).
- Handsets evolving, adding email, larger screens, touch screens, qwerty keyboards, integrating cameras, line between smartphone and mobile phone is merging
- 247B emails/day, 1.4 unique email users worldwide, enormous market for mobile emailemail
- The reason that business professionals rely on the smartphone so heavily is not that it's a superior communication or computing platform. It comes down to portability and convenience. The desk phone and PC are only functional while you are sitting at your desk, while the smartphone is usually within arm's reach 24/7.
- Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, RBC says. Global mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 mln units in Q2 2009, a 6.1% decrease from Q2 2008, according to Gartner. However, smartphone sales surpassed 40 mln units, a 27% increase from Q2 2007, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market. http://www.pcworld.com/article/171380/
- Most mobile computing comes down to Web surfing, e-mail access, reviewing spreadsheets or business documents, and maybe watching a movie on a long flight. Tablet devices like the iPad offer a hybrid approach combining the advantages of the smartphone with the advantages of a netbook to provide mobile business professionals with a device that is more than adequate for those needs.
The iPhone has already broken down the walls and been embraced by many IT departments. As evidenced with Wells Fargo, the iPad-which runs on the same iOS (although the iPad is still on iOS 3.2 and won't receive iOS 4.0 until later this year)-is making the transition from consumer gadget to business tool much faster. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/070710-ipad-invades-corporate.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2010-07-08
- 10% of camera phones in 2008, 58% of US had mobile with Web connectivity May 2009, 58% of online consumers currently own a mobile phone capable of connecting to the Web. Of the online consumers with Web-enabled phones, 21% own a smartphone, 8% own an iPhone(TM), and 29% own another type of Web-enabled phone. 42% of PriceGrabber survey respondents said they own a non-Web-enabled phone capable of using voice and text service plans only. iPhone, released on June 29, 2007, jump-started mainstream smartphone adoption, with 75% more online consumers purchasing their first Web-enabled phone in 2007 compared with 2006. Despite the economic climate, 8% of online consumers purchased their first Web-enabled phone in Q1 2009. iPhone holds 28% of smartphone market, Android 9%, RIM 35% (Palm OS 4%, Linux 3%, Symbian 2% (source: the Nielsen Company, see http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/iphone-vs-android/)
- 10% of online consumers said they purchase online from their mobile device, 16% compare prices and another 16% research product details/specifications. Of the online consumers making purchases from their mobile phones, 58% have purchased digital content for their phone, 51% have purchased consumer electronics, 37% have purchased computers, 36% have purchased books, and 31% have purchased clothing. Smartphone and iPhone owners are comfortable using the mobile Internet to make purchases. 56% of Apple iPhone owners and 28% of smartphone owners already are comparing prices online with their mobile phones. Additionally, 27% of iPhone owners and 35% of smartphone owners anticipate that they will be comparing prices within two years. http://www.itfacts.biz/58-of-americans-have-a-mobile-phone-with-web-connectivity/12965 (http://www.itfacts.biz/58-of-americans-have-a-mobile-phone-with-web-connectivity/12965),
- Smartphone processor chips contain: cpu (<1/4 chip), power saving, analog ccts, video DACs. Putting all on one chips saves space, faster access. iPhone 3GS 2009 ran on ARM Cortex A8clocked at 600MHz Apple A4 runs at 1GHz. In future peripheral functions such as GPS and cellular tower communication are candidates for integration into the chip.
- 174M (Bijal Patel telecommunications@vgtelecoms.com) Smartphone shipments in 2009, Facebook users send 1B IMs/day (passed 500M users logging on in one per month in July 2010, Facebook alone accounting for 50% of the UK's entire mobile Internet traffic), mobile market growing to €417 billion in 2010. Strongest growth in VoIP, in 2010 mobile phone users will download 6B applications to their mobile phones, currently (2010) there are 4Billion mobile subscribers 6B by 2013, Strongest market growth in the BRIC countries. In 2010 Chinese telecom market grows by 8% to €126 billion and the Indian market will grow by a staggering 15% to €40.5 billion. Mobile Device management market expected to grow to $9B by 2015.
- Increasing use of mobile browsing web, social networking, mobile banking, email, multimedia players, messaging services, video Smartphone sales will surpass worldwide PC sales by the end of 2011, RBC says. Global mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 mln units in Q2 2009, a 6.1% decrease from Q2 2008, according to Gartner. However, smartphone sales surpassed 40 mln units, a 27% increase from Q2 2007, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market.
- YouTube 30-50% of actual Mobile traffic, video is 50% of mobile traffic see
- May overload network, http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/most-exciting-
- e.g. downloading videos, video iPhone (2 min 720p video is 47MB with 1Mbps uload takes 6.2 mins). Providers such as AT&T putting in limits on amount of data transmitted e.g. 200MBcost $15/month, 2GB costs $25/month, 65% users use < 200MB/month, 98% use < 2GB/month, and only WiFi for video chat
- Contracts vs PAYG, unlimited data vs usage based (e.g. $15 for 250MB vs $30 unlimited), tethering, limit some services to WiFi
- Notebooks are certainly more portable than their desktop PC predecessors, but are very cumbersome and bulky compared to a smartphone. Netbooks provide a smaller, lighter platform with longer battery life in exchange for things like processing power and storage capacity.
- smartphones outsell PCs by 2011 and will be 50% of the handset market by end of 2013.
- Futures:
- Mobile Payments: Mobile network operators, often in partnership with banks, card issuers and mobile payment service providers, are fast developing platforms and applications to offer mobile payment services, and with such initiatives in place, the mobile payments segment has established itself in several advanced mobile markets worldwide and is now also expanding its reach in emerging markets. The worldwide mobile payments volume – denoting the face value of purchases and transactions through mobile handsets – stood at USD 68.7 billion in 2009, up from USD 45.6 billion in 2008, and is set to surge nine-fold to reach USD 633.4 billion by end-2014.
In 2009, there were 81.3 million mobile payment users worldwide and this number is forecast to grow over six-fold to reach nearly 490 million by the end of 2014, seeing the worldwide penetration of mobile payment users increasing over fournine-fold to reach almost 8 percent USD 633.4 billion by end-2014. From simple SMS-based services to advanced bar-coded tickets and beyond, mobile payment services have come a long way and yet still remain in a relatively nascent stage compared to other mobile services. This 110-page report explores how stakeholders can unite to realise the huge untapped potential that mobile payments possess to substantially increase their revenues and user bases. As differentiation becomes ever-more important to network operators, mobile payment service cannot be ignored.http://www.portioresearch.com/Mob_payments_brochure_Mar10.pdf
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In 2009, there were 81.3 million mobile payment users worldwide and this number is forecast to grow over six-fold to reach nearly 490 million by the end of 2014, seeing the worldwide penetration of mobile payment users increasing over four-fold to reach almost 8 percent by end-2014. From simple SMS-based services to advanced bar-coded tickets and beyond, mobile payment services have come a long way and yet still remain in a relatively nascent stage compared to other mobile services.
According to GSMA there will be 1.7M phone users by end 2012 who do not possess a formal bank account
- Mobile Payments: Mobile network operators, often in partnership with banks, card issuers and mobile payment service providers, are fast developing platforms and applications to offer mobile payment services, and with such initiatives in place, the mobile payments segment has established itself in several advanced mobile markets worldwide and is now also expanding its reach in emerging markets. The worldwide mobile payments volume – denoting the face value of purchases and transactions through mobile handsets – stood at USD 68.7 billion in 2009, up from USD 45.6 billion in 2008, and is set to surge nine-fold to reach USD 633.4 billion by end-2014.
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