Rapid growth in smartphone market

The worldwide market for smartphones in the first months of the year compared to last year grew by nearly half. Market research firm Gartner figures published Wednesday on the market for mobile phones.

A total of 314 million mobile phones sold. This was more than 17 percent one year earlier and the fastest growth in four years time. Among them were 54.3 million smartphones.

Nokia maintained its lead in the market. The Finnish mobile phone producer has a market share of 35 percent of the total market and market share of over 44 percent of the smartphone market. Here occupy blackberry manufacturer Research in Motion, Apple and smartphones with Google's Android operating system places 2 through 4.

Android smartphones are booming. In the first quarter were in the United States with Android smartphones sold than iPhones, the Apple phone. Gartner expects Android Apple in the short term the world over strive for it.

Gartner raised its growth forecast for the worldwide mobile phone market. The researchers now rely on 14 percent growth versus a previous expectation of 11 percent.

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Developing for Windows Mobile?

If you develop applications for the smartphone market share, that (besides web applications) applications for smartphones. Smartphones are having a system that allows for a self-written software to install. There are different types of operating systems, like ordinary computer market. And, just as in ordinary computer market, you can develop your software is best for the most popular operating system.

The question that every mobile developer so now is: "For what operating system we must develop mobile applications?

The answer is simple: "Ask yourself the difficult question, but building a web application." A web application is platform independent and future-oriented. Is a web application for performance reasons is not an option, then you'd agree to look at the global smartphone sales by operating system.

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These figures show that Symbian's market leader in the mobile operating system and Apple with its iPhone, recently has claimed a piece of market share. Based on these data it seems logical to choose the Symbian platform to develop software for the mobile market. But is it the best choice? That depends on what your target audience.

Mid-range or high end

Unlike its competitors, Symbian is also installed on one major type of mid-range smartphones. These are products with a huge turnover, a small color screen, no GPS and no touch screen. Approximately 85% of all Symbian phones in Europe are offered falls into this category.Some critics say:

"Nokia does somehow fake just by giving the Smartphone Sells Nearly All Their mid-to upper-class S60 phones." DanielW

Such critics refer to the market for high-end smartphones. A market with smaller numbers, but higher margins. In that market, also called the market of "mobile computer", is Symbian which is much less well represented.

To illustrate, here are a random selection from the range of Symbian.The "Nokia N95 is a high-end smartphone, while the rest clear mid-range smartphones.

Nokia 5500 Sport Nokia 6290 Nokia E50 Nokia N93i

Nokia N95

The mid-range smartphones do not usually have built-in GPS. Still, we expect that before too long these mid-range phones also have this functionality. So you develop location-based software for mid-range smartphones, Symbian has over a large potential market, especially over time. Symbian is because almost every ruler in the mid-range smartphone market.

But you develop a complex application, you can not handle the small screen and lack of a touchscreen and you must focus on the high-end smartphones.

America = high-end

Of course it is interesting to see the figures by area. We have estimated that 85% of Symbian products in Europe mid-range, while the competition almost exclusively high-end products aanbeidt. For convenience, we assume that all Symbian products are equally popular (probably actually the mid-range products is much more popular than the high end). This results in the graph where EMEA [1] the overall smartphone market in Europe. EMEA [2] is the estimated high-end market in Europe, questioned the size of the Symbian market share can be put.

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ROW to the rest of the world. We see that the iPhone market share is entirely due to the huge success in North America. We also see that Symbian with many mid-range products is not got a foothold in America, while high-end iPhone is doing very well there.

If we take America and Europe we see the following estimated distribution in the high-end smartphone market:

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They remain speculations, but I see the high-end market is favorable for Windows Mobile. Of course there are strong product concepts, like the iPhone and Blackberry, but the question is whether their breath long enough.

The year 2008

It is expected that 2008 will be running Google launched Android.These analysts could well become the new star in the sky and can share their sovereignty. In addition, the iPhone in 2008 available to the general European public. This means even more success for Apple?Who knows. 2008 is at least an exciting year.

Conclusion

Develop your mid-range smartphone, then you should opt for Symbian.They are market leader and virtually no competition.

However comlexe Develop your applications for high-end smartphones for Europe and North America, then it is different. Windows Mobile currently seem to have the eennagrootste share. Strong product concepts, like the iPhone and Blackberry, albeit currently have a large market share, but the question is whether their breath long enough.Windows Mobile seems this is a solid choice.

During 2008, Google and Apple, however, their strengths. This may shed new light on the matter. I'm curious. 

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Nokia expects dip in market share by deferring midrange unit

Nokia expects its market share this quarter is down, so does the mobile phone manufacturer announced Friday. That's according to the company partly because of the delay in the introduction of a given aircraft has sustained.

To which phone it in concrete terms, Nokia will not say. "It's a mid-range handset which we expect a lot," said a spokesman of Nokia's headquarters in Finland compared Tweakers.net. During a conference call Nokia representatives gave no answer to any device that would relate.

A new Nokia phone that many expected, the 5800 Xpress Media, which is the long awaited Nokia Tube. Nokia has this device earlier this year announced a device for the middle. It is the first device with the new touch screen interface of Symbian. Nokia has always been unclear when the device would appear, but it would at least this year. The officer of Nokia does not directly answer the question of whether the Tube goes. "I'm not qualified to confirm this."

The delayed introduction of the device is not the only reason for the expectation that Nokia's market share will drop. Also fierce competition from other phone manufacturers have reduced their prices drastically, Nokia would hurt. Nokia has also affected the general trend of consumers by the looming recession, spending more on their watch. For 2008 the manufacturer also expects a rise in market share.

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Apple recalls 2.3 percent market share in Western Europe

If you look around your immediate environment might think that surely at least one in ten people has an iPhone. But the reality is different: in 2008 the iPhone a market share of 2.3 percent in Western Europe. The figures from IDC, who also calculated that in 2008 Apple sold 4.4 million iPhones. That is 2.3 percent of the iPhones worldwide over the counter went.

The IDC European Mobile Phone Tracker did a lot of numbers. For example, in the fourth quarter of 2008 53.6 million units sold, which is 13.5 percent less than in the fourth quarter of 2007. The fourth quarter was the worst ever. According to research manager Francisco Jeronimo has a number of factors to be: lack of retail demand, currency fluctuations and limited credit options.

Nokia remains the market leader, thanks mainly to "traditional" mobile phones. When did especially smartphones, the Nokia E71 well. Market share in 2008 was 39.8%.

Samsung rose from 21.9 to 25.5 percent but had to contend with lower margins. Touch Screen Phones like the Samsung F480 and convertente phones like the i900 Omnia turned the buoy.Even midrange camera phones like the J700 and E250 did well. Samsung is going to focus on it in 2009. Market share in 2008 was 25.5%.

Sony Ericsson remained at the third place in Western Europe, but fell towards global spot 4. IDC dedicates it to an unfavorable product mix. The company invests the current market share of 14.9% to raise more integrated entertainment and phone services PlayNow. The market share was 14.9% in 2008.

LG faced a decline in Western Europe. New phones like the LG KC910, KS360 KP500 and were in demand in the fourth quarter it will increase again. Digital convergence is planned which will create 10 new models with a mix of operating systems: Windows Mobile, Android and LiMo, mostly with touchscreen. With a market share of 5.4%, they are at number 4.

Motorola's market share has never been so low, there were 75.6% fewer units sold compared to previous years. IDC believes that it is difficult for Motorola to 2013 for the old position back.Surviving the coming years the biggest challenge.

Apple is number 6 with - as said - a market share of 2.3 percent in 2008. Most devices were sold in the third quarter. Even when Apple was a more difficult fourth quarter (1 million units sold). IDC is concerned that the lack of an Apple product with several units in the coming quarters down the road. Still, Apple was the success story of 2008, IDC found.

Market research firm IDC also had comforting news to report: The mobile industry is in Western Europe through difficult times, but the whole industry, the financial crisis well. There will be less money available for network infrastructure, devices, chipsets and software, but the industry can make profits with mobile applications and services. Growth has tended to get in India and China, where the penetration of telephones is still below 50 percent.

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Microsoft Windows Phone Saves share?

Microsoft recently launched Windows Phone, a new version of its mobile operating system Windows Mobile. That was none too soon. The market share of Windows Mobile last year because it fell down. 

Microsoft has success with its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone, badly. This can be derived from research by Canalys. In the second quarter of 2008 was over 14 percent of all mobile phones sold with Windows Mobile. A year later, was only 9 percent. Apple over the same period from 2.1 to 5.2. Also, Android, Google's mobile operating system, did well, out of nothing by 2.8 percent of the market. The undisputed leader in the meantime continues Symbian (among others supplied by Nokia), with a market share of less than 50.3 percent.

Experts were also critical of the alleged overwhelming success of Apple. Commentator Joe Wilcox suggests , based on figures that Apple with its iPhone seriously fails in the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), which together account for 40 percent of the world. In Russia the iPhone has a market share of 1 percent (second quarter 2009), the other three countries, the iPhone will not even statistics.

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IPhone grabs 10% share of smartphone market

IPhone grabs 10% share of smartphone market

The global market share of the iPhone in the first quarter of this year increased to 10.8%.Last year this was 5.3%. Gartner made these figures announced yesterday.

Even Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, saw market share rise from 13.3% to 19.9%. Largest player in the smartphone market, Nokia, though the company lost 4% market share.

Nokia, RIM and Apple are now the largest smartphone vendors in the world, according to Gartner.

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Android smartphones market

Google's Android mobile OS's third-quarter global market share of 25 percent, seven times as large as last year. The number of smartphones sold doubled as quantified Gartner.

Where in the third quarter of 2009 approximately 1.4 million Android phones sold in the same quarter there were 20.5 million this year, estimates Gartner. This is the second largest Android mobile OS world, it simply sold more smart phones with Symbian, which has a market share of 36 percent. The market shares of IOS, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile decreased. In IOS, the first four months of the iPhone was sold by the sales included in Windows Mobile are the first sales of Windows 7 Phone is not listed as devices with the new OS until the fourth quarter came on the market.

The increased share of Android is not unexpected. A year ago, only a handful Android smartphones for sale, in the third quarter of this year there were dozens. Moreover, there were many attractive devices to it, like the Samsung S Galaxy and Desire.

The number of smartphones sold rose by Gartner in one year from 41 million to 80 million, an increase of 96 percent. Thus, the share of smartphones in the phone market significantly. Nevertheless, there are across the board again sold more mobile phones.With over 417 million phones sold, the number of new mobile phones by about 35 percent.

Nokia remains market leader but saw its share of the phone market fall from 36 to 28 percent. This is mainly due to white label manufacturers, unknown phone makers who sell large quantities of equipment including China, India, Russia and on the African continent. Almost all manufacturers saw their market shares decline, except Apple and HTC. Apple sells 3.2 percent of mobile phones sold worldwide, HTC almost doubled its market share, to 1.6 percent.

OS	Several Q3 '10	'10 Market Share	Several Q3 '09	'09 Market Share
Symbian	29.5 million	36.6%	18.3 million	44.6%
Android	20.5 million	25.5%	1.4 million	3.5%
IOS	13.5 million	16.7%	7.0 million	17.1%
Bb OS	11.9 million	14.8%	8.5 million	20.7%
Windows Mobile	2.2 million	2.8%	3.3 million	7.9%
Linux / other	2.9 million	3.6%	2.5 million	6.2%
Total	80.5 million	100%	41.0 million	100%

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Android Market share increased tenfold in one year

Android Market share increased tenfold in one year

Devices with mobile operating system Android, from Google's case, the iPhone displaced as number three on the smartphone market.

Android phones have 17.2 percent of the smartphone market share, 14.2 percent iPhones.

It also appears that Nokia is still by far the largest is in smartphones, with 41.2 percent market share. The Finns, however, provide quarterly market share to Android and Apple manufacturers. Nokia lost last quarter, compared to last year, nearly 20 percent of the smartphone market.

This is evident from the figures that market researcher Gartner has just published . Looked at the operating system market as follows:

Striking but not surprising for many, is that the share of Windows Mobile almost halved.Microsoft is becoming a less significant player in the mobile market. It hopes the tide to the end of 2010 when corn Windows Phone appears.

Currently, 19 percent of all mobile phones sold a smart phone with an advanced operating system and Internet access. That's 50.5 percent over one year ago.

These new devices are important to manufacturers because they are both a replacement and also bring in more money. Smartphones are more expensive and are therefore more. The bottom of the phone market is held by Chinese manufacturers like ZTE and G'Five . These brands are now in the top 10 major vendors and have a combined 3 percent of the phone market.

Gartner also points out that tablet computers such as Apple iPad, no direct competitors for smartphones. They do not cannibalize sales on the phone. The reason is simple, says the researcher: a phone fits in your pocket.

The research report is also an explicit advice to Nokia: "Win more software developers and other players in the mobile ecosystem for you to change the platform strategy."

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Nokia loses market share

Nokia loses market share

Nokia has lost market share in the third quarter. About 38 percent of the phones is the Finnish-made, over the more than forty percent in the first quarter of 2008 was achieved. Cheap mobile phones sold best.

Nokia sells a phone for an average of 72 euros, while one year ago was 82 euros. Thatwas the Finnish manufacturer announced Thursday. Therefore, the profit decreased to about one fifth of Nokia, although in July, August and September are more Nokia sold 117 million against 111 million in the same month one year ago.

Nokia cites two reasons. First, there are more cheaper phones sold. This is mainly because the sales of phones in poorer parts of the world including the Middle East, Africa and South America, has increased. The second reason is the weakness of the dollar. Nokia's in countries where the currency is U.S. dollars, less.

Nokia has said before a dip in market share expected by the postponement of its 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen model. The Finns expect a lot from the device, with its price of 330 euros customers should appeal to touchscreen devices are often too expensive.The worldwide market share went with a few percent down to 38 percent. In Europe, the decline was more than average: there were 5.5 million Nokia's over the counter less than one year ago.

Nokia expects the market share in the fourth quarter, despite the 5800 XpressMusic then on sale in seven countries will be significantly increase. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo hint in this connection that the credit crisis could help Nokia sell more phones. "We believe that Nokia, with its scale, brand, improving product portfolio and low cost structure is well positioned for the current times."

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Einfachhandy with two months Akkulaufzeit for approximately 40 euros

The X1-00 has five separate directories. Thus the mobile phone is to be able to be used of up to five persons meaningfully. Thus the initial costs of the mobile phone are to be able to be distributed on several shoulders, because in swelling and developing countries the price for the mobile phone often corresponds to a whole monthly salary. However there is no reference on the fact that also for the SMS dispatch according to different ranges are present.

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Nokia X1-00

To the art gallery

Technical Raffinessen does not offer the X1-00, Nokia wants thereby above all its market share to extend. The mobile phone gives it in two different versions. The two GSM nets 900 and 1,800 MHz or 850 and 1,900 MHz are supported alternatively. Nokia promises a Akkulaufzeit when telephoning up to 13 hours. In the readiness mode the accumulator is to hold on approximately two months. In the goal market it is often missing at the possibility of arriving regularly at power sources so that long Akkulaufzeiten is particularly important.

The X1-00 has a TFT display with a dissolution of 128 x 160 pixels, which indicate maximally 65,536 colors. With measures of 112,2 x the mobile phone 91 gram weighs 47.3 x 16 mm. Mobile phone possesses an insertable flashlight, a calendar, a clock and a pocket calculator as well as some before-installed plays.

Mobile phone has a UKW radio as well as a Musikplayer. Over the size of the internal memory no data are present. For the music rendition a Micro SD map is probably needed, which is not attached to the mobile phone. The card location supports memory cards with up to 16 GByte capacity. The integrated loudspeaker should be particularly loud, so that can be used mobile phone also at home to the music hearing. Additionally is present a 3,5-mm-Klinkenbuchse for the connection headphone.

In selected markets Nokia wants to bring the X1-00 as well as Stereo Headset in April 2011 at the price of approximately 41 euros on the market.

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