Abstract
This IDC study provides our worldwide five-year forecast for the rate of
adoption of converged mobile devices by operating system. The document contains
worldwide and U.S. platform-based forecasts of devices shipped with a
high-level operating system (HLOS). The study is valuable to hardware,
software, and solution vendors targeting the high end of the mobile device
market and catering to both individual and enterprise buyers.
"As the culture of mobile data consumption takes hold, leading industry
players, particularly device vendors, are focusing greater attention on a
critical asset: the high-level mobile operating systems and platforms that
support third-party applications and services," according to Shiv Bakhshi,
director, Mobile Devices Technology and Trends.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Primary Data Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Situation Overview
- A Shift Toward Degrees of Openness
- Vendors Hedging Bets
- Developer Communities - The Lifeblood of any OS
- The Fundamentals Still Apply
- Competitive Landscape
- Future Outlook
- Vendor/Operating System Profiles
- Apple (MAC OS)
- Microsoft (Windows Mobile)
- Mobile Linux (Various Vendors)
- LiMo (and LiPS)
- Android (Yet to Be Shipped)
- Better Alignment for Mobile Linux, But Fragmentation Still Exists
- Palm (Palm OS)
- Research In Motion (BlackBerry OS)
- Symbian Foundation - Nokia (Symbian OS)
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipments by Operating System, 2007-2012
- Figure: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipment Share by Operating System, 2007 and 2012
- Table: U.S. Converged Mobile Device Shipments by Operating System, 2007-2012
- Figure: U.S. Converged Mobile Device Shipment Share by Operating System, 2007 and 2012
- Figure: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipment CAGR by Operating System, 2007-2012
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Market, 2008-2012
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the U.S. Converged Mobile Device Market, 2008-2012
- Market Context
- Table: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipments, 2005-2012: Comparison of September 2008 and December 2006 Forecasts (000)
- Figure: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipments, 2005-2012: Comparison of September 2008 and December 2006 Forecasts
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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