Articles tagged with: Ovum and Sony

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.  more

Related Tags: app-store, smartphone, symbian, nokia, google, microsoft, windows, google-android

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, google, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, ericsson, touch-screen