Mobile

Wildfire's Tech Trends for 2010

  1. Crunch time for Windows Mobile – can it survive?
  2. Trend towards paid-for – an end to widespread “free” in all sorts of things
  3. At the pocket level, Droid will fail but a few diamonds will emerge
  4. Carbon accounting packages and add-ons designed to meet the CRC laws will appear
  5. 3DTV will be the big CE buzzword
  6. Internet/wi-fi radio will go mainstream
  7. The first assassination of a public figure, facilitated by Twitter
  8. Still no hoverboards
  9. Goodbye acquisi

What's NOT Going To Happen In 2010

  1. eReaders will NOT reach mass market appeal
  2. There will be no iPhone killer, only an ever increasing herd of iPhone wannabes.
  3. Fake Chinese phones will NOT destroy the handset market
  4. PCMCIA Cellular Data Card Modems will NOT make a comeback
  5. Femtocells are NOT going to go away
  6. Femtozone applications are NOT going invade living rooms with ‘femto app storefronts’
  7. Mobile person-to-person payments will NOT gain mass market acceptance in the US in 2010
  8. Internet Video is NOT going

M/C Venture Partners’ Top 10 Trends To Watch List

  1. 10+ Gbps broadband speed, a prevalent speed at the core of the cloud, is now being demanded closer to the cloud’s edge, to connect enterprises and other network nodes.
  2. DOCSIS 3.0 combined with dense metro network footprints among MSOs will change the nature of competition for enterprise broadband services.
  3. Video consumption amongst consumers will continue to drive an unprecedented growth in bandwidth usage in the home.
  4. With the emergence of 4G LTE, historically disparate wireless network standards will begin merging into a globally

Frost & Sullivan's 2010 Outlook & Forecast: Mobile & Wireless Communications

  1. App stores explode
  2. Ebooks finally enter mainstream
  3. Mobile ad exchanges serve agencies which serve brands
  4. Mac increases market share
  5. Smartphone OS platform wars
  6. Wi-Fi -> MiFi -> My-Fi...

Nokia’s 2010 Goals

  1. Mobile device volumes will be up approximately 10%.
  2. Mobile device volume market share will be flat.
  3. Mobile device value market share will increase slightly.
  4. Services net sales targeted at EUR 2 billion or more in 2011.
  5. 300 million active users for its services by the end of 2011.
  6. Symbian user interface: deliver two major Symbian UI interface milestones: one before mid-year, and another before end of year.
  7. Deliver Maemo 6-powered mobile computer, with iconic user experience, in second half of year.

20 Mobile Trends And Future Technologies

  1. From the RAZR to the 3GS
  2. Smartphones versus MIDs … and eBook readers
  3. Netbooks, convertible tablets and mini notebooks
  4. Keyboards and screens become user-friendly with peripherals
  5. Wireless carrier networks: faster, more reliable, ubiquitous
  6. Mobile app stores: Three sweet spots in the space
  7. Enterprise app store coming soon from Citrix
  8. Apple’s tablet, OLED and fuel cell batteries
  9. Six monitors equal one gigantic display with Eyefinity
  10. The next-gen

Juniper's Top 10 Wireless Predictions For 2010

  1. Mobile data traffic explosion to strain 3G Networks, spur data pricing overhaul
  2. Mobile ecosystem starts to go green
  3. Mobile heads for the cloud
  4. New category of smartbooks to emerge
  5. Apps stores all round
  6. Mobile social networking to integrate with other applications including M-Commerce
  7. NFC phones appear in the shops
  8. At least 10 LTE networks to be launched into service
  9. Smartphones to get augmented reality makeover
  10. Christmas kindle sales expected to herald the

Strand Consult: Predictions For The Telecoms Market In 2010

The operators will use the financial crisis to focus on right sizing.
The regulation of the Telco industry is and will continue to be a nightmare.
The infrastructure market will become tougher and will see an increased focus on the Chinese way of working.
The smart phone market is growing - not due to demand from customers, but due to a shift in technology.
The broadband market will be bloody - mobile operators will dominate the up to 5 Mb broadband market.
The Value added Services market experiences The moment of truth.