115 mln gaming consoles to support Bluetooth by 2012

Bluetooth shipments for non-portable gaming consoles to peak at over 115 mln units in 2009 before declining to 2007 levels in 2012, according to ABI.

Published on: February 5, 2008 Department: Handhelds, Wireless data

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US cell phone sales down 13% in Q2 2008
US mobile phone shipments up 5.3% in Q2 2008
75.8% of UK iPhone users are males
Internet usage habits among smartphone subscribers
Mobile user activities among 7 countries
Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
68% of cell phone buyers consult the owner’s manual
2008 cell phone market to grow 10-11%
39% of cell phone buyers research phones on the internet
Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
Only 3% recycle their mobile phones
39% of adults said they had bought a cell phone in the previous year
59% of cell-phone buyers ask an expert for advice
78% of cell buyers say they felt they had the right amount of information in considering their purchase
3G iPhone is expected to take 7.38% of the converged device market in Australia
In Q1 2008 2.02 mln mobile devices were sold in Australia
Mobile subscriber monthly consumption of content and applications in March 2008
24% of European households don’t have landlines
US cell phone sales down 22% in Q1 2008
Global smartphone sales up 29% in Q1 2008, iPhone gets 5.3% share of global market
How users learn about new cell phones
27% of cell phone buyers said online information had a major impact on their decision
12% of users buy their cell phone online
56% of Internet users who researched their cell phone before buying ended up being satisfied with purchase
Only 7% of internet users went online for information or help with the problems with their cell phones
4% of Americans discussed cell phones in an online forum or community
87% of US cell phone users are satisfied with their new phone and their service
45% of girls and 26% of boys talk on cell phone
Mobile phone shipments down 11.6% in Q1 2008
Top 5 mobile phone vendors in Q1 2008
Top mobile phone vendor in Q4 2007: Nokia, Samsung, Motorola
Q1 2008 cell phone sales up 14% YTY
21% of young US consumers use cell phones for banking
How digital music gets on the users’ phones
682,000 Wi-Fi phones sold in 2007
25% of cellphone owners shop online on their phones
31% of phones sold in 2013 will be smartphones
500 mln music phones shipped in 2007
Mobile activity on iPhones vs. regular smartphones
74.1% of iPhone owners listened to mobile music in January 2008
What PDA owners do on their PDAs
Top handheld device vendors in 2007
Global smart device market in Q4 2007
62% of young adults find it very hard to live without a cell phone
9.4% of US mobile phone buyers recycled in Q4 2007
Handheld devices sink 53.2% in Q4 2007
Americans discard 125 mln phones annually
Top handheld vendors in Q4 2007
1.15 bln mobile phones sold worldwide in 2007
229 mln mobile phones sold in China in 2007
10 mln navigation systems to come pre-installed by 2012
US converged device market in Q4 2007: Nokia - 52.9%, RIM - 11.4%, Apple - 6.5%
Smart phones and wireless handhelds has 10% of the global mobile phone market in 2007
Smart phone OS shares: Symbian - 67%, Microsoft - 13%, RIM - 10%
Smart mobile device shipments hit 118 mln in 2007
900 mln GPS units to sell by 2013
115 mln gaming consoles to support Bluetooth by 2012
32% of Americans have difficulty find the right mobile phone
69% don’t know about the most important mobile phone features
Top mobile vendors, Q4 2007
56% of Americans use SMS, 33% see ads on cell phones
More than 20% of Norwegian children helped their parents with a mobile phone
Consumer electronics sales to grow 6.1% in 2008
500 mln portable navigation units to sell by 2015
300 mln multimedia phones to ship in 2008
Handheld market in Q3 2007
60% of phones sold in 2007 to have multimedia functionality
Navigation devices to grow by 22.5% a year
4% of phones shipped in 2012 to have hard drives
Refurb handsets to generate $3.5 bln in 2007
44% of North American SMBs plan to use smartphones
70% of physicians to use Internet-enabled smartphones
More 100 mln touch-screen mobile phones to ship by 2008
43-44% of portable media owners choose PMPs for video content
1.8% of all mobile phones sold in the US in July 2007 were iPhones
300 mln near-field communication handsets to ship by 2012
426 mln smartphones to ship in 2012
17% of Americans have a GPS device, 34% are handheld, 33% are car-mounted
Global portable navigation device market statistics
10.46 mln smartphones sold in China in 2006
270.9 mln mobile phones sold globally in Q2 2007, 17% growth
250k iPhones sold in Q2 2007
113 mln smartphones to ship in 2007
62% of all PDAs shipped in Q1 2007 had Windows Mobile
Private-branded mobile phones to generate $10.7 bln in 2007
41% of Americans have a cameraphone
Global mobile phone market in Q1 2007
Global mobile phone shipments down 12.8% in Q1 2007
Global mobile phone shipments up 12% in Q1 2007
32% of all phones sold in Q4 2006 were music-capable phones
1.5 mln portable navigation units shipped in the US in Q4 2006
Nokia had 56.4% of the smartphone market in 2006
764 mln of mobile phones shipped in 2010 will support USB
200 mln mobile devices support Flash, 70% of them are in Japan
Smartphone shipments up 30% in Q4 2006
Mobile phone market shares in 2006
1.019 bln mobile phones shipped in 2006
Top mobile phone manufacturers in Q4 2006
295 mln mobile phones shipped in Q4 2006
294 mln mobile phones shipped in Q4 2006
New hedge funds: 81 in 2004, 82 in 2005, 86 in 2006
PDA shipments up 18.4% in 2006
Top-selling mobile phones in 2006
US smartphone market up 230% in Q3 2006
Smartphone sales tripled between 2004 and 2005
16.4% of US households have a PDA
18.8 mln smartphones to sell in APAC in 2006
EMEA smart mobile devices market in Q3 2006
Worldwide handhelds market in Q3 2006
Western European mobile devices market in Q3 2006
20 mln location-based service subscribers by 2011
Just 2% of time of iPod owners is spent watching video
450 mln NFC-enabled cell phones in 2011
Western European mobile handset market up 13% in Q3 2006
Phones preferred by mobile Web surfers
1.1 mln handhelds shipped in Q3 2006
281 mln Taiwanese handsets to ship in 2008
14% of Korean mobile phones support TV
54 mln private-brand cell phones to ship by year-end 2006
315 mln GPS-enabled devices in 2011
63 mln converged mobile devices to ship by year-end 2010
50 mln DVB-H phones to be sold by 2010
300 mln cellular and voice over WiFi phones to sell in 2011
967 mln mobile phones to be manufactured in 2006
Mobile phone display shipments up 32% in Q2 2006
19.3 mln converged mobile devices shipped in Q2 2006
450 mln near-field communications phones to sell by 2011
15 mln of personal navigation devices to be sold in 2006
60% of PDAs shipped in 2007 to have cellular connectivity
Symbian phone shipments up 65% in the first half of 2006
Global handhelds market in Q2 2006
Portable GPS navigation market statistics
PDA shipments up 2.7% in Q2 2006
Global PDA market up 2.6% in Q2 2006
10% of mobile phones are smart phones nowadays
PDA market to grow 6.3% in 2006 and 6.4% in 2007
Smart mobile device shipments up 55% in Q2 2006
Half of student computing devices will be mobile by 2011
Mobile phone exports by Chinese companies up 86% in Q1 2006
100 mln smartphones to ship in 2006
PDA shipments up 13% in Q1 2006
132 mobile devices with Wi-Fi to ship in 2010
Global converged mobile devices market up 67.8% in Q1 2006
PDA shipments up 6.6% in Q1 2006
500 mln mobile phones to support near-field communication by 2010
Personal navigation solutions market to ship 12 mln handsets by 2009
MEMS in mobile handsets to generate $1 bln by 2010
Western European mobile phone market leaders: Nokia, Motorola, Samsung
Global handset market to reach $250 bln by 2011
Global PDA shipments up 6.6% in Q1 2006
Top smartphone vendors in Q1 2006: Nokia, RIM, Palm
Handheld market up 25% in Western Europe in Q1 2006
Smart mopbile devices up 25.3% in EMEA in Q1 2006
Worldwide handheld market down 22.3% in Q1 2006
7.8 mln UMPCs to ship by 2011
Smart mobile devices market up 25% in Q1 2006 in EMEA
1% of wireless subscribers in February 2006 played digital video
75% of cell phones sold in 2010 will have a removable memory card
European navigation market to ship 6-9 mln GPS systems in 2006
4.2 mln Taiwanese PDAs shipped in Q4 2005
Blackberry switch will cost $844 per client
Global mobile phone market in Q4 2005: Nokia - 35%, Motorola - 16.3%, Samsung - 12.1%, LG - 7.2%
Q1 2006 mobile phone sales likely to exceed Q1 2005 sales by 20%
70% of Fortune 100 companies supply business cell phones to their employees
16% of US wireless customers have two or more cell phones
PDA shipments up 7.4% in Q4 2005
Handheld shipments up 19% in 2005
$30 bln worth of TV phones to be sold in 2010
48% of teenagers would watch a full length film on their cell phones
140 mln Bluetooth phones sold in 2005, 583 mln in 2009
79% of mobile users think mobile devices are getting more complicated
52% of US households with access to Internet intend to buy a cameraphone
Handheld market leaders in Q4 2005: Palm - 45.6%, HP - 20.8%, Dell - 8.0%
Global handheld market down 16.7% in 2005
Global PDA market up 20.7% in Q3 2005
1.8 mln video iPods sold in the US
10% of US drivers 16-24 use a cellphone or PDA while driving
Smartphone shipments up 75% in Q3 2005
Nokia expects Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone market to reach 220 mln units in 2006
52% of US households want a cell phone with camera, 30% - phone with MP3
130 mln Americans own cameraphones
Smartphone shipments up 288% in Q2 2005
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Handheld market down 16.9% in Q3 2005
Global handheld market down 16.9% in Q3 2005
Smartphones up 75% in Q3 2005
Worldwide handheld market shares: Palm - 33.8%, HP - 23.6%, Acer - 11.2%
Global PDA shipments to grow 22% in 2005
8.7 mln 1-inch hard drives shipped in 2004, 140 mln by 2009
PDA shipments up 32% in Q2 2005
73% of Internet users would buy PMPs if they cost below $200
4% of Internet users plan to buy a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) within the next 12 months
27% buy portable media players looking for more features
Mobile smart device shipments up 105% in Q2 2005
Tablet PCs to generate $5.4 bln by 2009
Most popular functions for frequently used mobile devices: picture taking, location information, TV
Most important functions in a mobile device: voice, address book, text messaging
PDA shipments up 31.5% in Q2 2005
Western European mobile device market up 91% in Q2 2005
Handheld device market down 20.8% in Q2 2005
40% of mobile software buyers have difficulties with licensing
Australian PDA shipments down 26% in Q1 2005
By 2008 73% of mobile phones will have USB, 54% will play digital music, 14% will support WiFi
47% of 2005 cell phones to have LCDs
PDA shipments up 25% in Q1 2005
3 mln Blackberry subscribers
Handheld device market down 12.1% in Q1 2005
PDA sales up 25% in Q1 2005, Research in Motion becomes market leader
Software sales for BlackBerry platform are up 64% QTQ
43% of all PDAs sold in 2004 had Windows CE
$4.3 bln of PDAs sold in 2004, average selling price was $353
14.4 mln Symbian smartphones sold in 2004
Smartphone sales to grow 28% a year
63,135 mobile phones forgot in London taxis in 6 months
PDA market down 13% in 2004
Only 6% of mobile phone users want a keyboard or pen input
26% have smartphone on their wishlist
90% of MP3 player owners are 35 years old or above
20 mln smartphones and 13 mln PDAs will ship in 2006
PDA market leaders in Q3 2004: PalmOne, HP, Research In Motion, Dell
50% on new PDAs sold in Europe have GPS unit
PDA shipments decline yet again 8.7% in Q3 2004
Western European mobile device market grew 38% in Q3 2004
In 2008 56% of all handsets will have Bluetooth
31% of PDA owners use paid location-aware services
Nokia shipped 1 mln N-Gage devices
Australian smart handheld market up 21.5% in Q2 2004
Smartphones account for 3% of wireless handset market
1.3 mln Blackberry subscribers in the US
PDA OS market shares: Palm - 40%, Microsoft - 36.6%, RIM - 18.6%
European mobile device shipments up 20% in Q2 2004
Q1 2004 PDA shipments: Windows almost overtakes PalmOS
Global PDA sales declined 11.7% in Q1 2004
European handheld market grew 25.6% in 2003
PDA market in hopes of 6.5% growth
Handhelds less popular in Asia Pacific
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Smartphones to reach 290 mln by 2008
PDA shipments decline 18% in 2003
HP leads handheld shipments, Nokia owns 78% of smartphones
European PDA market grows, Microsoft prevails
IDC: PDA shipments fall
Gartner: PDAs to lose to smartphones
IDC: PDA sales to fall
Intel: from 0% to 35% market share on PDA CPU
IDC: Failure to communicate will doom PDAs

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