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Worldwide Handheld and Converged Mobile Device Enterprise Adoption 2004-2008 ForecastProduct Type: Market Research ReportPublished by: IDC Published: October 2004 Product Code: R104-17360 Description
This IDC study provides our forecast for enterprises' speed of adoption of handheld devices and converged mobile devices. This document contains a platform- and form factor?based forecast of devices purchased by corporate funds verses devices purchased with individual consumer funds. The study is valuable to hardware, software, and solution vendors targeting handheld devices in the corporate environment and the consumer sector. "Enterprises are mobilizing applications and workers on their own schedule and are not feeling pressured to accelerate timetables. Organizations moving forward now have either discovered how access to live data can benefit their organization through increased efficiencies, how it can instill new levels of worker confidence through demonstrable competency, or value the ideas mobile and wireless solutions can ignite for building a new freedom and flexibility for corporate operations." ? Kevin Burden, IDC research manager, Mobile Devices Table of Contents
Table of ContentsIDC Opinion In This Study Methodology Definitions Corporate Adoption Segmentation Figure: IDC's Mobile Device Segmentation Handheld Devices Pen-Based Handheld Devices Keypad-Based Handhelds Converged Mobile Devices Situation Overview Future Outlook Forecast and Assumptions Table: U.S. Handheld Device Shipments by Operating System and Type, 2003-2008 (000) Table: Worldwide Handheld Device Shipments by Operating System and Type, 2003-2008 (000) Table: U.S. Converged Mobile Device Shipments by Operating System and Type, 2003-2008 (000) Table: Worldwide Converged Mobile Device Shipments by Operating System and Type, 2003-2008 (000) Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Corporate Adoption of Handheld and Converged Handheld Devices, 2004-2008 Essential Guidance Implementation Should Be Driven by Business Requirements, Not Technology Benefits Need to Be Assessed in Terms of the Total Cost of Ownership of the Wireless Extensions The Benefits of Mobilizing Enterprise Applications Can Surpass Those of Wireless Email The Critical Concerns of Enterprises Need to Be Addressed Security Ease of Management Scalability Learn More Related Research Worldwide Mobile Phone QView Worldwide Handheld QView Special Reports Smart Handheld Devices: Overview Smart Handheld Devices: Enterprise Smart Handheld Devices: Solutions Smart Handheld Devices: Technology Synopsis |
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