Smartphones Topped 180 Million Units In 2009

New research from Parks Associates, host of the upcoming executive summit CONNECTIONS™ Europe,
indicates that the number of smartphones shipped in 2009 topped 180
million units worldwide, with Nokia, Research in Motion, and Apple
sharing 60% of the market. Annual sales will reach almost 400 million by
2014, and as the number of users approaches one billion, consumer demand
will grow for mobile broadband services that can share content,
particularly high-quality video, across connected devices and the home
network.
CONNECTIONS™ Europe, April 27 at the Mövenpick Hotel in Amsterdam, will
feature consumer research and analysis on these new service
opportunities in the mobile sector in the session “Mobile Video: The
Cloud, The App Store & the Connected Home.”
“Applications will have to diversify with the growing population of
users, creating huge opportunities for mobile application integrators,
solution enablers, and payment technology providers,” said Kurt Scherf,
session moderator and VP, principal analyst, Parks Associates.
Session speakers:
Klaus Milczewsky, Senior Manager, Deutsche Telekom AG
Peter Percosan, CTO, Cable Europe Labs
Andy Tiller, Marketing Vice Chair, Femto Forum
In a recent Parks Associates survey on mobile convergence, over
one-third of U.S. smartphone users expressed an interest in streaming
multimedia content stored on home CE to their mobile device. Service
providers will have to adapt their mobile and video strategies to meet
the demands of multiple platforms, and the panelists will discuss these
challenges, plus the impact of new devices such as the iPad and the HP
Slate.
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Advisory Sponsors are Accedo Broadband, ActiveVideo
Networks, Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB), Intamac, Latens, and
PacketVideo. Companies in the Premier Program include ActiveVideo
Networks, PacketVideo, RedMere, and Rovi. CONNECTIONS™ U.S. Sponsors
also include Allegro, Cisco, IBM, Intel, iTOK, and Roxio.
Visit http://www.connectionseurope.com for more information.
About CONNECTIONS™ Europe
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summits, produced by Parks Associates, are executive
events offering high-level analysis and consumer research, networking
opportunities, and information on emerging residential and mobile
technologies and services.
The next CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit will take place in Amsterdam,
Netherlands, 27 April 2010, and focus on digital media, consumer
electronics, and market opportunities for TV operators, content
developers, advertisers, and manufacturers. http://www.connectionseurope.com