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Mobile Devices Research Service

DELIVERABLES

• Research Reports   (26)
• Research Briefs   (30)
• Market Data   (2)
• Online Database   (1)
• ABI Insights   (48)
• Vendor Matrix   (3)

topRESEARCH REPORTS

• Tier Two Handset Vendor Analysis

  Kyocera, ZTE, Huawei, Pantech, Ningbo Bird, NEC, Panasonic, Sagem, and Alcatel

• WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecasts (Executive Summary Available)

  The Opportunity for Base Stations, CPE, and Mobile Devices

• Wi-Fi Capable Handsets (Executive Summary Available)

  Residential and Enterprise Markets for Wi-Fi and Dual-Mode Handsets

• Mobile Phone Accessories

  Features, Pricing, Shipments, and Revenues for Handset Accessories, and Analysis of Opportunities for OEMs, ODMs, Handset Vendors, and Mobile Operators

• Mobile Device Royalties

  Intellectual Property Rates for GSM, WCDMA, and LTE

• First Responder Wireless Communications

  Public Safety Communications Technologies, Market Drivers, and Forecasts

• The WiMAX Chipset Market

  Vendors, Market Issues, and Forecasts

• Mobile Devices Annual Market Overview

  Mobile Phones, Ultra Mobile Devices, Mobile Consumer Electronics, Cellular Modems, Mobile Accessories, and Emerging Connectivity Methods

• Luxury Mobile Phones

  Market and Strategic Issues, Case Studies and Lessons, Future Trends and Forecasting

• Mobile Linux

  Bringing License-Free Operating Systems to Smartphones and Middle-Tier Devices

• The Mobile Browser Market

  Commercial Browsers, Webkit and the Move Towards Open Internet on Mobile Devices

• Smartphone and OS Markets

  Critical Considerations for Handset Manufacturers, OS Vendors, Mobile Operators, Semiconductor Vendors, and Application Developers

• 3G and Beyond in China and Hong Kong

  Mobile Operator and Vendor Positioning in the Evolving Mobile Markets

• MEMS Accelerometers

  Motion Sensors in the Wireless Handset and Consumer Electronics Markets

• Handset Recycling and Refurbishment

  Impact on Primary Handset Sales and Opportunities for Mobile Operators, Handset Vendors, Recycling Companies, and Retailers

• 4G Intellectual Property and Royalties

  An Analysis of LTE, WiMAX and UMB

• Application Processors in Mobile Devices

  Multimedia Enabling Solutions for Wireless Handsets, PDAs, and Portable Media Players

• Ultra Low Cost Handsets

  Critical Considerations for Device Manufacturers, Semiconductor Vendors and Mobile Operators

• Ruggedized Mobile Devices

  Global Analysis of Air Interfaces, Vertical Markets, and OS Trends for Handsets, Notebooks, PDAs, and Tablet PCs

• Mainland China’s Handset Market and Taiwan’s Handset ODMs

  The Changing Structure of the Mainland Chinese Handset Market and the Growing Importance of Taiwan’s Handset ODMs

• Mobile Phone Innovation in Japan and South Korea

  R&D Activities, Features, Functionality, and Design that will Shape the Future of the Global Handset Market

• Operator-Branded Handsets

  Private Label Devices, ODMs, OEMs, and the Impacts of Changing Carrier-Manufacturer Brand Relationships

• Mobile TV Handsets and Semiconductors

  Broadcast Video Devices, Chipsets, BOM Analysis, and Key Market Drivers

• 3G Chipset Architectures for Video, Music, Gaming, and Television

  Market Trends, Applications, Operators, and Semiconductor Vendors

• Power Management in Consumer Electronics

  Semiconductor Markets for Mobile Phones and other Portable Devices

• DSP in the Mobile Handset

  Chipsets, Technologies, Market Drivers and Forecasts

topRESEARCH BRIEFS

• Features Used and Desired in Mobile Phones, Segmented by Mobile Operator

  US Mobile Devices Survey
  

• Use of Mobile Phone Features

  US Mobile Devices Survey
  

• Satisfaction with Mobile Phone

  US Mobile Devices Survey
  

• The Impact of Uncertain Economic Conditions on the Future of the Mobile Handset Market

  Scenarios of Optimism and Negativity
  

• Alternative Handset Charging Technologies

  Fuel Cells, Charging Pads, and Solar
  

• Features Used and Desired in Mobile Phones

  US Mobile Devices Survey
  

• Features Expected in Mobile Phones by Price Point

  US Mobile Devices Survey
  

• Pico Projectors in Mobile Handsets

  Cellphones and Big Screens – the Dream Combination
  

• Emerging Displays in Mobile Handsets

  New Technologies Search for a Role in Niche Segments
  

• Mobile Handset Green Initiatives

  Manufacturing and Materials Issues, Corporate Responsibility, Regulatory Pressures, and Voluntary Industry Efforts
  

• Open Source Operating Systems in Mobile Internet Devices

  Moblin, Maemo, LiMo and PC-Based Linux Solutions
  

• Wireless Subscriber Profiles and Preferences:

  Global Consumer Survey Results
  

• Mobile Broadband Needs FMC and 4G

  FMC for Mobile Devices Will Help, But the RAN Still Needs 4G
  

• The Gobi Effect

  How Gobi Affects Mobile Broadband for Laptops
  

• Mobile World Congress Key Findings

  LTE, WiMAX, Mobile Linux, Femtocells, Location, MIDs, and other Key Topics
  

• Research in Motion Strategic Review

  Strategy, Performance, Strengths and Limitations of RIM in the Smartphone Market
  

• Mobile Phone User Interfaces

  Market Trends, Critical Considerations, and Advanced UI Platforms
  

• Sony Ericsson Strategic Review

  Successfully Identifying Lucrative Handset Segments to Maintain Higher Margins and Stable ASPs
  

• Motorola Mobile Devices Strategic Review

  Performance, Strengths and Limitations of Motorola’s Mobile Devices Business
  

• Low Cost 3G Handsets

  Evaluating the “3G for All” Business Case
  

• 3GSM Mobile Devices Review

  Implications for the Handset Industry
  

• Mobile Device Security Managed Services

  The Mobile Malware Threat, Device Security Management, and Emerging Business Models for Mobile Operators
  

• Nokia: A Strategic Review

  Success Factors and Major Limitations for Nokia's Mobile Devices Business
  

• Removable Memory in Handsets

  SD, MMC and Memory Stick
  

• Mobile Handsets Market in India

  Vendors Target Rural India with More Ultra Low Cost Handsets
  

• NFC for Mobile Payments

  Why Carriers Should Support Near Field Communication, and How to Break the Deadlock
  

• Low Cost CDMA Handsets

  Chips not Royalties Driving Cost Differential with GSM
  

• Prosumer Mobile Handsets

  Bridging the Work/Life Divide
  

• Handset Market Booms in 1Q06

  Low Cost Devices Having an Impact
  

• Handset Market Segmentation

  The Rise of the Slimphone
  

topMARKET DATA

• Mobile Devices Vendor Share
• Mobile Devices Market Forecast Analysis

topONLINE DATABASE

• Wireless Handset Database Q2

topABI INSIGHTS

• What Women Want
• Camera Phones: Ubiquitous But Unused?
• Forecasting the Recovery of the Mobile Handset Market-place
• Operator Branded Handsets Offer Aspiring Handset Manufacturers an Express Route to Market-share
• Will China Mobile's TD-SCDMA Technology Be Successful in 3G?
• Kyocera Wireless Modules Exits the Cellular M2M Market: Impact and Implications
• CTIA Wireless 2009 Wrap-Up
• Airline Carriers Seek Mobile Communications Revenue to Counter the Downturn
• Wi-Fi and Consumers or Femtocells and Carrier?
• Enterprises First to Benefit from Cross-Platform Development of Native Mobile Applications
• Handset Accessories Market to Give Up Star Player for the Environment
• Growth Prospects and Tipping Points in the Mobile Device Industry
• LTE: Will It Launch Commercially in 2009?
• Dell Smartphones: More of the Same
• On-the-Go Gadgeteers: A Promising Segment for Consumer Technology Product Purchases in the New Year
• Will the Current Economy Influence Consumers’ Purchasing Behavior?
• Holidays 2008: Doomsday or Temporary Downturn?
• Eco-Friendly Consumer Products: How Willing Is the US Public to Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is?
• Is the Economic Downturn All Bad?
• Pioneering 4G Business Models: Taiwan
• An Early Look at Netbook Subsidization by Mobile Operators
• My Device Doesn't Speak English
• Baltic Journey: Mobile Experiences through Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland with my Nokia N95
• Success for Android Has Little to Do With User Acceptance
• Economic Credit Crunch Impact Assessment on 3Q 2008 and 2009 Handset Sales
• Mobile Linux Is Not Open, Mobile Linux Is Not Free
• CSR and Intel Announce New Bluetooth Interaction for Laptop PCs
• The UMD Market Will Be a Fierce Battleground for x86 and ARM Vendors
• Cellular Technology Is Being Refined For M2M Applications
• TransferJet Consortium Takes Flight
• Pioneering 4G Business Models: UQ Communications (Japan)
• Why and How WiMAX and LTE Harmonization Could Take Place
• The Dawn of a New Mobile Device OS Era
• The Smartphone's Achilles' Heel: Battery Life
• Luxury Handsets and Their Impact on Handset Manufacturers
• The Mobile Wireless Industry Is on the Verge of Dramatic Change
• Is the iPhone an “iKiller App” for Home Automation?
• Is Mobile Linux a Victim of Misconception?
• STMicroelectronics and NXP Form Wireless Semiconductor Powerhouse
• The MVNO Shuffle: Qwest, Sprint, Embarq, and Verizon
• 3 Skype Phone: What Are Its Odds?
• Wireless Voice, Messaging, and Broadband: Will Customers Need Anything Else?
• Some Suggestions for New Entrants into the Chinese Telematics Market
• How to Define 4G and the Reason 4G Networks Are Necessary
• Challenges Facing Mobile Operators in Mature Mobile Cellular Markets
• Will 2008 Be the Year of the Spin-Off?
• Impact of Reduced Mobile Handset Subsidies on the Japanese Market
• Key Partnerships and a Look Overseas Will Boost Mobile Payments

topVENDOR MATRICES

• Smart Phone Vendor Matrix
• Ultra Low-Cost Handsets Vendor Matrix
• Voice Over Wi-Fi Ecosystems Vendor Matrix