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The EMEA market for smartphone is up 28%, according to Canalys, that is. The monitoring and stats company has said that shipments have broken the 10mn barrier now, with Nokia accounting for about 80% of all smartphones sales.
RIM was also mentioned as a player here, and HTC are fast-approaching as being the vendor of choice for those looking for a WinMo device. Moto and Samsung are also playing in this area, but with much smaller shares. We cannot forget the impetus that Apple has gained of late, however, they and other smaller manufacturers only made up for 8% of the market, at the time the stats were gathered.
For me, the lines between smartphones and feature-phones are blurring on a weekly basis, giving rise to devices now that pack the computing power of a mobile internet device, with the portability of a feature/style phone – the new Samsung Omnia being a case in point!
Will everyone be rocking a touchscreen smarphone one day? It’s a scary thought……..!
[Via: PC Retail]
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
