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New Delhi
May 9th, 2007
Smartphones are increasingly becoming popular among the mobile subscribers,
who want to remain accessible to their office mails and connected to the Web.
According to various mobile handset manufacturers, the rising demand of
full-featured email functionalities on the phone along with the voice has helped
in increasing the demand for smartphones.
According to InStat, a leading market research firm, 18.8 million smartphones
were sold in APAC in 2006 and this number is expected to increase to 64.2
million by 2010. As per the IDC, "70 percent of mobile devices will be
Smartphones by 2010." Currently the market for Smartphones is 38 percent.
According to Norm WK Lo, VP, APAC, Research In Motion (RIM) HK, "The
penetration of the smart phones in India is at a nascent stage, but it will take
off. We are also planning to launch a couple of new models."
Experts feel that India would see a boom in the PDA segment. The driving
factors for the increasing use of smartphones is the need for real-time access
to information and on-demand access to applications such as email, calendar,
contact and other information around the clock.
The major benefit of staying in touch while roaming about is a 60 percent
improvement in business productivity, according to Forrester Research. The
demand for smartphones is also being fueled by the changing needs of today's
users who expect their mobiles to be more than just communication devices
without compromising the look, comfort, simplicity and usability of a standard
mobile phone.
The increase in the disposable incomes of the people has also contributed to
the demand of the high-end Smartphones. This has been supplemented by the wide
variety of devices available in the market will go a long way in accelerating
the demand for such devices.
Most handset manufacturers have lined up smartphones with promising new
features and applications. Motorola is planning to come up with its smart model
Moto Q, Windows Mobile. Apple iPhone and the Nokia E series that includes Nokia
E50, E61, E65 and to be launched E61i and E90 are close in competition. Page(s) 1
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