Disqus
Charles Golvin from Forrester Research has just reported that they’ve received data back from a survey they issued during October and November of 2009. It wasn’t mentioned how many people were surveyed, but here are the results anyway, and they’re rather interesting:
- Smartphone penetration, and a smartphone is defined as something running an operating system that allow for native application development, is up to 17% of all consumers surveyed. That number is up from 11% this time in 2008, and 7% this time 2007.
- QMD, or Quick Messaging Devices as Forrester calls them, are devices that feature a full QWERTY keyboard, but don’t have a smartphone operating system. Nokia recently said that they’ll introduce S40 devices (dumdphones) with QWERTY in 2010. In 2008 only 9% of customers had a QMD, in 2009 that number is now up to 15%.
- For every iPhone user there were 2 BlackBerry users.
One of my predictions for 2010 was that “one in three people will end up owning a smartphone by the end of next year” and if this rate of growth not only continues then it looks like I’ll be proved right.
We’re all going to be a little bit smarter, thanks to our smartphones, by this time next year.
About The Author
Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
