by satkinson
9. October 2009 12:05
Google has had a great past 30 days in terms of Android and partner announcements. Now, T-Mobile, AT&T, Dell, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, HTC, Samsung, Kyocera, and Sprint have all made announcements about partnering or selling Google "Android" smartphones. The evolving and highly competitive smartphone market is exploding with new devices and even new market entrants like Dell. Dell has already released a device in China, the Dell Mini 3i, and this week has announced its plans to develop multiple Android-based smartphones for AT&T. Within the next few years, Compass Intelligence expects this to primarily affect the consumer wireless market. In about 3 to 4 years, we do expect to see more business-oriented devices from Apple and other manufacturers. For now, Android does not appear to be "enterprise-ready."
As computers and smartphones begin to look more and more alike with advances of smartphone features and the reduction sizes of laptops, now netbooks, Compass Intelligence expects these trends to continue and we will see multiple consumer-oriented and business handheld devices entering into the market over the next 5 years. Trends such as embedded modems and wireless routers will be standard in cellphones, smartphones, and laptops/netbooks. The world of wireless is so exciting, and we will report more as we come across it. Please share your thoughts on the market, we would love to hear from you!
Stephanie Atkinson, Managing Partner Compass Intelligence
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