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The latest research on smartphone markets from ABI Research, shows Nokia has maintained its leadership position.
Highlights:
- A total of 70.9 million units has been shipped last year
- Of that number, Nokia sold 40 million smartphones (56.4%), thus increasing its smartphone sales from 28.5 million in 2005
- Motorola also had a strong 2006 and occupied the second position with 8.5% market share
ABI Research’s new report, “Smartphones and the OS Market“, also found that despite its current leading position, Symbian OS’ marketshare is set to decline in the coming years.
According to ABI Research’ director Stuart Carlaw: “In 2006, Symbian was estimated to have a 73% share of the smartphone OS market, yet our forecast is that it will to fall to 46% by 2012, due to strong competition coming most notably from Linux, but also from Windows Mobile.”
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
