If the latest numbers from research firm In-Stat/MDR are to be believed, we'd all like to see more of the mobile Internet - and handsets will be the primary growth driver.
As demand for wireless data services such e-mail remains strong, the future of Internet-Enabled (IE) devices is bright, according to In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm forecasts that IE device shipments will increase from approximately 430 million in 2002 to approximately 760 million in 2006, and the primary drivers of growth will be mobile handsets.
Mobile handsets, which, by virtue of their high penetration (by mid-2002 more than 1 billion people globally will own mobile handsets, many of which will be Internet-capable), will sell at much higher levels than alternative IE devices, according to In-Stat/MDR. Despite this, growth opportunities will remain for wireless-enabled Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), smartphones, messengers and wireless modems for notebook computers.
In addition to the ubiquity of IE handsets, pent-up demand for wireless applications, the availability of exciting new products features/functionalities, data capabilities, and the transition to 3G, will all serve as primary catalysts for demand.
Users will start to use devices that combine the functionality of today's multiple devices, possibly choosing one device that incorporates voice and data services. Carriers will need to create and market compelling services that will encourage adoption of new users and replacement handsets as services will ultimately decide whether a potential user becomes an actual user.
In-Stat/MDR has also found that 2006 shipments of IE devices will be 1.76 times that of 2002, due to manufacturers shipping more devices to under-penetrated regions and attempting to convince current owners to purchase additional IE devices, which will result in replacements or recycled devices.
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