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Articles tagged with: Ovum and Google
Smartphones: the silver lining of the declining handset market
Opinion by ovum's Adam Leach, Devices principal analyst
Smartphone shipments will reach 406.7 million by 2014
During 2008, in a first for the mobile industry, consumer demand for third-party
applications started driving both handset sales and revenues for developers and
OEMs. Apple’s success with the App Store has prompted other players to focus
on devices that can enable third-party developers to easily bring applications
and services to mobile phones.
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Related Tags: app-store, smartphone, symbian, nokia, microsoft, sony, windows, google-android
Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
Opinion by Laurent Lachal, ovum Open Source Research Director
Upwards view: Linux is losing ground
The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It
leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly
complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost
netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been
overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms
of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still
outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.
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Related Tags: android, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, apple, ipod, smartphones, wind, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, open-source, operating-system, windows, freescale, linux, laptop
The 5800 - A Good Foundation for Nokia Touch Screens
Opinion piece by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at ovum
Nokia's first proper touch-screen handset will reach several key European
markets in the next few days. As a significant milestone in the company's
strategy, we've been pleasantly surprised by its execution, which will provide a
strong foundation on which to introduce further touch-enabled handsets. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, ericsson, sony, touch-screen
Emerging markets and data will drive global mobile growth to 2013
The latest report from telecoms industry analysts ovum, reveals that, despite the economic gloom, emerging market growth and the development of mobile data services will continue to power the sector to ever greater heights. more
Related Tags: sms, mobile-data, arpu, apple, apple, rural, zain
Facebook-Twitter talks break down
Opinion piece by Madan Sheina, principal analyst at ovum
What would have been the first major consolidation between two social
networking giants has failed to materialise, as FacebookÃ's attempts to woo
Twitter with an all-stock offer fell on deaf ears. FacebookÃ's valuation seems
to have been the sticking point. But with neither company as yet able to
demonstrate that it can make money on a scale that matches its number of users,
the outcome might not be a bad thing.
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Related Tags: microsoft, sms, social-networking, twitter, ofta, yahoo, compete, text-messages, facebook
Open source in mobile phones: challenges for software vendors
Opinion piece by Adam Leach, principal analyst at ovum
Open source is the emerging development methodology for mobile phones,
reducing operational costs, harnessing innovation and shortening time to market
for new devices and services. With both Nokia and Google already choosing an
open source model for their mobile platforms over the past twelve months, the
pressure is on independent software vendors (ISVs) in the mobile market to adopt
an open source strategy.
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Related Tags: sun-microsystems, mobile-messaging, rsa, edge, benchmarking, open-source, sun