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'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News Smart operating systems are being optimised to run on processors with lower performance, and there is a move towards supporting smart operating systems in single-chip mid-range devices in order to unlock more data revenues, said ABI Research VP... [25 Mar 2008]
Apple iPhone 'not too smart'
News According to two analysts at ABI Research, the iPhone can't be called a smart phone, despite running a stripped down version of the Mac operating system, because it doesn't use an open OS. The long awaited Apple iPhone can't be classified as a... [26 Jan 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile location-based services
Cheat Sheet ABI Research predicts that by 2011, there will be 315 million GPS subscribers for location based services, up from a measly 12 million this year. Some European operators are already doing this by giving customers cheap calls when they phone from... [29 Sep 2006]
Smart phones to hit 15 per cent of shipments this year
News ABI puts the upswing in smart phone sales down to more appealing devices that shy away from clunkier form-factors, as well as increasing interest in data services and the spread of the 3G coverage necessary to run many of them. [02 Mar 2006]
Taipei residents to pay for commuting on mobiles
News ABI Research has also pointed to a growing use of the technology in mobile phones. Philips and BenQ have introduced a prototype Near Field Communication (NFC) phone that will allow Taipei residents to make secure payments for rides on the city's... [15 Jul 2005]
PalmSource touts renamed OS versions
News Mobile phone makers sold about 10 million smart phones in 2003, a figure that will quadruple this year and continue steady growth through to 2008, ABI said in a report last month. A smart phone win is expected to be announced at next week's 3GSM... [19 Feb 2004]
Symbian to head smart phone market
News The mobile phone industry will sell 150 million smart phones in 2008, 15 times this year's sales, with the Symbian OS leading the smart phone operating system market, according to a report by ABI Research. [12 Jan 2004]
