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'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News Among the features likely to proliferate in terms of enhancing user interface experiences include touchscreens, touchpads and accelerometers allowing tilt and shock sensing, as well as haptics for providing tactile feedback, according to... [25 Mar 2008]
GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame
News The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion chips now forecast to ship annually by 2013, says analyst house ABI Research.... [20 Mar 2008]
Who will pay for mobile broadband's 100 million gadgets?
News According to analyst house ABI Research, 100 million devices will be mobile broadband-enabled by 2012, including either 3G or WiMax connectivity. Although in the near future 3G variants... [16 Apr 2007]
Online ads skyrocket to $16.8bn
News ABI Research estimated it earned revenues of $1.9bn in 2006. A recent study by analyst house JupiterResearch found that media and entertainment, financial services, travel, and... [08 Mar 2007]
UWB goes legit
News Analyst house ABI Research predicts the next five years will see significant growth in the number of PCs that ship with embedded UWB capacity. The European Commission has given the... [22 Feb 2007]
Mobile broadband: Too energy inefficient?
News Instead, suggests the report by ABI Research - which is entitled Energy Efficiency Analysis for Mobile Broadband Solutions - operators may be forced to integrate WiMax and citywide (or metro) wi-fi into their networks. [15 Jan 2007]
Blinkered thinking holding back mobile NFC
News Analyst house ABI Research has reduced its shipment forecast for near field communications (NFC) devices, typically used for contactless payments, citing operators' confusion over the... [12 Sep 2006]
100 million 3G users this month
News Separate research from ABI Research predicts that by 2011, there will be one billion 3G users worldwide. According to research from analyst house Strategy Analytics, subscriber numbers... [09 Jun 2006]
NFC goes on the buses for Europe's first rollout
News According to a recent report from analyst house ABI Research, the success of such pilots will determine the future of NFC. Europe can now boast its first commercial rollout of near field... [20 Apr 2006]
Microsoft sells 500,000 mobile devices - at once
News According to a recent report from ABI Research, the functionality-laden devices will make up 15 per cent of all phones sold this year. Symbian is the sector's current heavy hitter, with over 60 per cent market share,... [05 Apr 2006]
3G hits 50 million user mark
News Nevertheless, 2006 will be 'the year of 3G', according to ABI Research. The analyst house is predicting that by 2010, there will be one billion 3G users - 30 per cent of all mobile... [09 Feb 2006]