This IDC study investigates the latest developments in the Australian smart handheld device (SHD) market, in terms of vendor market shares and strategies, major industry developments, and key product launches. This study profiles key device vendors and also mobile carriers. It also provides an updated five-year SHD shipment forecast from 2006?2010, and provides an assessment of the future outlook for hardware and wireless technologies, as well as essential guidance for industry players looking to capitalise on the SHD market opportunities.

"The SHD market in Australia has demonstrated formidable growth opportunities for the incumbent device vendors and mobile carriers for the second half of 2006 and also over the entire forecast period," says Mercie Clement, IDC Australia's analyst for Mobile and Wireless Solutions. Clement adds that the satisfactory prospects for the market is being propelled not only by the expanding range of devices on offer but also as user needs and behaviour evolve over time, to embrace a more end-to-end mobile solution.