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ABI Research forecasts that the number of people using mobile cloud services will rapidly grow over the next five years, reaching 998 million in 2014. Last year, these kind of services were used by 42.8 million subscribers, which is approximately 1.1% of all mobile users. In comparison, the number of people that are expected to use mobile cloud in 2014 will represent nearly 19% of all mobile phone users.
Senior analyst Mark Beccue argues that from 2008 through 2010, subscriber numbers will be driven by location-enabled services, particularly navigation and map applications. “A total of 60% of the mobile Cloud application subscribers worldwide will use an application enabled by location during these years,” he added.
As an innovative mobile cloud service, ABI mentions lock manufacturer Schlage, which product called LiNK enables users to remotely control not only the door lock, but heating/cooling, security cameras and light monitors, all via PC or mobile device. On that note, ABI expects some or all of the major PaaS (Product-as-a-Service) platforms – Google, Amazon AWS, and Force.com to start marketing their mobile capabilities in 2010. In addition, the research company said they expect that by 2014, mobile cloud becomes the leading mobile application development and deployment strategy, “displacing today’s native and downloadable mobile applications.”
More information about ABI Research’s study “Mobile Cloud Computing” is available from their website.
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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.
