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• Google's Android Could Signal a Tipping Point in Smartphones, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-09

  If Google's ambitions for its recently-launched Android smartphone operating system are fully realized, the new OS will represent a tipping point in attitudes towards the whole concept of a smartphone. This tectonic shift will affect consumers, handset manufacturers and, most critically, mobile network operators. According to ABI Research director...

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• Smartphones, iPhone, and Messaging Driving ARPU Gains for AT&T Mobile Business Customers, Says ABI Research

  - 2008-10-07

  Mobile messaging revenues are driven by smartphone penetration, occupation segmentation and pricing. AT&T has the best combination of these variables resulting in the highest mobile messaging revenues from the mobile business customer. A new study from ABI Research analyzes customer demographics and mobile services usage to create profiles of mobile...

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• By 2013 One in Every Three Phones Sold Will Be a Smartphone, According to ABI Research

  - 2008-03-20

  LONDON -- The market for smartphones will grow from around 10% of the total handset market in 2007 to 31% of the market in 2013. A new study from ABI Research projects this meteoric growth to be a product of a number of complex factors including carriers' drives to grow...

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• Research In Motion Likely to End 2007 with 10% Share of the Smartphone Market, Finds ABI Research

  - 2007-12-20

  LONDON -- Research In Motion RIM is likely to end 2007 with around 10% share of the smartphone market. This means that in terms of device shipments, RIM will be the second largest smartphone vendor in 2007, after Nokia. RIM's share in the smartphone market has steadily increased in the...

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• "Will the iPhone Change the Smartphone Market?" Asks ABI Research

  - 2007-08-03

  LONDON -- Estimates of iPhone shipment volumes in the first weekend they were available have ranged from 140 thousand units to 500 thousand units depending upon who was asked. Meanwhile, ABI Research forecasts that the smartphone market segment will grow from 218 million units in 2007 to 426 million units...

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• ABI Research Finds Nokia Leading Smartphone Market with 56%, While Symbian's Share of OS Market Is Set to Fall

  - 2007-03-20

  LONDON -- According to the latest research on smartphone markets from ABI Research, Nokia has maintained its leadership position with a 56.4% share of the 70.9 million units shipped in 2006. Nokia sold 40 million smartphones in 2006, compared to 28.5 million in 2005. Motorola also had a strong 2006...

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• The iPhone is No Smartphone, says ABI Research

  - 2007-01-25

  LONDON -- Apple's iPhone was the talk of the town after its January 9 launch. Industry observers were by and large impressed with the new device, praising its user interface, innovation, and seamless integration. But two senior ABI Research analysts -- wireless research director Stuart Carlaw, and principal mobile broadband...

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• Smartphones to overtake MP3 players.

  - 2006-08-07

  Aug 07, 2006 (Electronics News - ABIX via COMTEX) -- According to ABI Research, consumers are likely to switch from MP3 players to mobile phones with hard disk drives. Recent mobile telephone models are equipped with large storage hard disks, includ Aug 07, 2006 (Electronics...

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• Data Services Grow but Smartphone Prices Fall (Electronic News)

  - 2006-01-09

  Mobile telephone users in the developed world are adopting wireless data services in large and growing numbers, leading to a rise in sales of smartphones that support these advanced functions, according to Oyster Bay, N.Y.-based ABI Research Inc. "Some of these data services are popular...

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• Data Services Grow While Smartphone Prices Fall, says ABI Research

  - 2006-01-03

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. -- Mobile telephone users in the developed world are adopting wireless data services in large and growing numbers, leading to a rise in sales of smartphones that support these advanced functions.

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