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• Global handset market to grow 3% in 2009
• 30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers
• 19.6 mln Symbian phones shipped in Q2 2008
• German mobile users who play mobile games
• Smartphone market to grow 52% in 2008
• Global cell phone market to grow 11% in 2008
• Top iPhone-related search terms in April 2008
• What Web sites people visit on mobile phones
• 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
• Smartphone shipments up 288% in Q2 2005
• 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

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