Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. 24/7 Space News .




TECH SPACE
'Asia-Pacific smartphone market to double by 2016'
by Staff Writers
Singapore (AFP) March 24, 2011


The Asia-Pacific smartphone market is expected to double to 200 million by 2016, with Google's Android operating system the leading platform, an industry analyst said Thursday.

The growing popularity of the handheld devices, which allow users to surf the Internet and access emails, will mean they will account for almost a third of all mobiles in the region in that time, telecoms consultancy Ovum said.

And despite the continuing success of Apple's iPhone, Ovum added the Android platform will be by far the most used system because it is used in so many devices.

Smartphones, which numbered 100 million in the region last year, are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 12.5 percent between 2010 and 2016 and make up about 32 percent of all mobiles in Asia-Pacific, according to a statement from Ovum.

At the same time global sales are expected to hit 653 million, with Asia-Pacific accounting for 30.7 percent of the total, it said in a statement. More than 288 million smarthphones were sold worldwide in 2010.

"The smartphone market will see significant growth over the next five years, once again outperforming the wider mobile phone market," said Ovum principal analyst Adam Leach.

"We will see dramatic shifts in dominance for smartphone software platforms, with Android storming into the lead with 38.7 percent market share, compared to Windows Phone with 22.6 per cent," he said.

Leach added that Apple's iOS would account for 19 percent of the operating systems used by 2016, followed by BlackBerry's platform with 9.2 percent.

In 2010, Android held an 8.9 percent market share, while Apple's iOS had 13.3 percent, BlackBerry's operating system 7.9 percent and Windows Phone 0.15 percent, Ovum data showed.

Leach said Android's success "is being driven by the sheer number of hardware vendors supporting it at both the high and low ends of the market."

But he also said he expects at least one other platform to achieve mainstream success within the forecast period.

"This could be an existing player in the market such as Bada, WebOS, or MeeGo, or it could be a new entrant to the market place," Leach said.

The alliance between Nokia and Microsoft "has redrawn the smartphone market and will result in a significant reduction in shipments of (Nokia's) Symbian-based handsets as Nokia transitions to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform," he said.

Nokia in February joined forces with US giant Microsoft in a major strategy shake-up aimed at regaining market share from Apple and Google.

"For Microsoft the deal provides a committed handset partner that has the potential to make Windows Phone a mainstream smartphone platform," added Leach.

"The risk to Microsoft is that other handset makers may choose not to compete with Nokia and may turn their backs on Windows Phone."

.


Related Links
Space Technology News - Applications and Research






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








TECH SPACE
Macintosh software vet leaves "post-PC era" Apple
San Francisco (AFP) March 23, 2011
A senior executive behind Macintosh computer software is leaving Apple as the culture-changing company rushes into a "post PC Era" in which iPads and iPhones supplant desktop computers. Bertrand Serlet is ceding his position as senior vice president of Mac Software Engineering to Apple executive Craig Federighi, who will report directly to chief executive Steve Jobs, the company said in a re ... read more


TECH SPACE
84 Teams To Compete In NASA Great Moonbuggy Race

A New View Of Moon

Super Full Moon

LRO Delivers Treasure Trove Of Data

TECH SPACE
Next Mars Rover Gets A Test Taste Of Mars Conditions

Alternatives Have Begun In Bid To Hear From Spirit

Opportunity Completes Study Of Ruiz Garcia Rock

Time Is Now For Human Mission To Mars

TECH SPACE
Learn About Future Space Missions At Town Hall Meeting

LockMart Makes Strides In Human Space Exploration

Planetary Exploration Suit Will Be Tested In Antarctica

From Outer Sol To The Inner Rock Human Space Is Growing

TECH SPACE
What Future for Chang'e-2

China setting up new rocket production base

China's Tiangong-1 To Be Launched By Modified Long March II-F Rocket

China Expects To Launch Fifth Lunar Probe Chang'e-5 In 2017

TECH SPACE
Roscosmos Sets April 5 For Soyuz TMA-21 Launch

Astronaut Cady Coleman Shares Her Love of the Flute from Space

Launch Of New ISS mission Slated For April 5

Europe agrees to space station extension

TECH SPACE
Two Ariane 5 And One Soyuz Flights Are Now Being Prepared

ILS Protests Unfair Subsidies To Arianespace

SES And ILS Announce Launch Of SES-6 On ILS Proton In 2013

LockMary To Launch DigitalGlobe WorldView-3 Earth Imaging Satellite

TECH SPACE
Report Identifies Priorities For Planetary Science 2013-2022

Planetary Society Statement On Planetary Science Decadal Survey For 2013-2022

Meteorite Tells Of How Planets Are Born In A Swirl Of Dust

Planet Formation In Action

TECH SPACE
New Adhesive Earns Patent, Could Find Place In Space

Google keeps tight grip on tablet software

Russia checking high-radiation ship in Far East: official

Radiation in Tokyo water back to infant-safe level




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement