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New Launches to Increase Competition in the Smartphone Space
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| 19 February 2010 |
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Juniper Research has identified some of the key industry announcements at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010 in Barcelona, Spain and took a brief look at the motivations behind them as well as the long term affects they might have. Among the top 5 hot topics at MWC 2010 is the flurry of launches increasing competition in the smartphone space.
Smartphone launches from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, ZTE, Motorola and Acer could dramatically increase competition in the smartphone space. Samsung’s Wave will be available in May and includes access to Samsung’s App store that it now available in several European countries and will be rolled out worldwide this year.
Sony Ericsson, for its part, released the X10 Mini and X10 Pro, descendants of the Xperia X10 Android. Sony Ericsson will also launch a Symbian smartphone this year, the Vivaz Pro.
ZTE, meanwhile, announced that it would launch as many as ten smartphones this year, Acer a further six, and Motorola 20, two of which will be launched in the first quarter.
www.juniperresearch.com
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