Smartphones & Mobile Devices

Research Service

The Smartphone and Mobile Device Research Service tracks the global, regional and country-level markets for smartphones and mobile handsets, and researches the development of the industry's enabling technologies. The growing number of mobile device manufacturers and device classes are locked in a battle over similar market segments, buyer demographics, and use cases. This Service delivers a holistic view of the mobile device landscape by tracking the key device segments that compete for the mobile communication, entertainment and computing cycles of wireless subscribers. This Service delivers detailed quarterly tracking and forecasts for handsets and smartphones, and includes tracking of cellular modems and ultra-mobile device segments so the that each segment’s impact on the others is clearly visible.

This Service Covers the Following Technology and Market Issues:

  • Strategic and Quantitative Assessment of Global Mobile Device Market Dynamics
    • Quarterly Tracking of Market Sizes, Market Share, Forecasts, Segmentation by Technology Standards and Value Segments
  • Device Platforms
    • Handsets, Smartphones, UMD-Class Devices, Cellular Modems, M2M Modules
  • Software Market Analysis
    • Android, ACCESS, Bada, Blackberry, Brew MP, iOS, Limo, MeeGo, QNX, Symbian, webOS, Windows
  • Advanced Applications
    • Mobile Video, GPS, Bluetooth, LBS, Wi-Fi, Messaging, Mobile Imaging, Mobile Games, Music Phones
  • Enabling Components
    • Memory, DSPs, Mobile Video Chipsets, Imaging Sensors, NFC, User Interfaces
  • Intellectual Property, Royalties, and Semiconductors
  • ACCESS Co Ltd
  • Aeroflex
  • Airaya Corp
  • Airspan Networks
  • Alcatel
  • Altair Semiconductor
  • Android
  • ApaceWave Technologies
  • Apple
  • ARM
  • ArrayComm
  • AT&T
  • Atheros Communications, Inc.
  • Balda AG
  • Beceem Communications
  • Bitstream
  • BlackBerry
  • Broadcom Corporation
  • Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR)
  • China Mobile
  • Cisco Systems
  • Comsys
  • CSR
  • CTIA
  • DesignArt Networks
  • Digicel Group Limited
  • Dynamic Digital Depth
  • EADS
  • Eazyfone
  • EFJohnson Technologies
  • Elektrobit
  • Elo TouchSystems
  • Ericsson
  • Etherstack
  • Facebook
  • Firetide, Inc.
  • Fonebak
  • Freescale Semiconductor
  • Fujitsu Microelectronics
  • Fulton Innovation LLC
  • GCT Semiconductor, Inc.
  • Google
  • GSM/GPRS/EDGE
  • GSM Association
  • Gunze Electronics USA
  • Harris Corp
  • Hercules Networks
  • HTC Corporation
  • Huawei
  • IBM
  • Icera
  • Icom America
  • Infineon Technologies
  • Intel Corporation
  • InterDigital
  • Intivation BV
  • JPS Communications
  • Kenwood USA
  • Kyocera
  • LG Electronics
  • Lilliputian Systems, Inc.
  • Linksys
  • Loquendo
  • Lucent
  • Marvell Technology Group Ltd
  • MasterImage D
  • Matsushita
  • Maxim Integrated Products
  • MediaTek, Inc.
  • MetroPCS
  • Microsoft
  • Microvision, Inc.
  • MIPS
  • Mobilizy
  • Motorola
  • Movidius
  • Mozilla
  • MTI MicroFuel Cells, Inc.
  • M Touch Systems
  • Myriad Group
  • National Semiconductor
  • NEC
  • NextWave Wireless
  • Ningbo Bird
  • Nintendo
  • Nokia
  • NTT DoCoMo
  • Nuance
  • NVIDIA
  • NXP Semiconductors
  • Opera Software
  • Oracle
  • Orange/France Telecom
  • Panasonic
  • Pantech
  • Philips
  • picoChip
  • PMC-Sierra
  • Polycom
  • Posdata
  • Promptu
  • Proxim Wireless
  • PureEnergy Solutions
  • Pure VoWi-Fi Handset Vendors
  • Qualcomm
  • ReCellular
  • Relm Wireless
  • Renesas Electronics
  • Research In Motion (RIM)
  • Rightware
  • RPO, Inc.
  • Runcom Technologies Ltd
  • Safaricom Ltd
  • Sagem
  • Samsung
  • Scaleform
  • Selex Communications
  • Sensory, Inc.
  • Sepura plc
  • Sequans Communications
  • Sierra Monolithics, Inc.
  • SiGe Semiconductor, Inc.
  • SkyFire
  • SkyTerra Communications
  • Software Radio Technology plc
  • Solar Components LLC
  • Sony
  • Sprint Nextel
  • SRI International
  • ST-Ericsson
  • STMicroelectronics
  • ST-NXP
  • SuperD
  • SVOX
  • SyChip, Inc.
  • Symbian
  • Tait Radio Communications
  • TeleCIS Wireless, Inc.
  • Teltronic
  • TerreStar Networks
  • Texas Instruments
  • Thales Communications
  • T-Mobile
  • Toshiba
  • Touch International
  • Tremont Electric LLC
  • UC Mobile
  • Vertex Standard Co, Ltd
  • Vito Technology
  • Vodacom
  • Vodafone
  • Wavesat, Inc.
  • webOS
  • WiTricity Corporation
  • Yap
  • Zetron, Inc.
  • ZTE Corporation
  • Zytronic