Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Frost & Sullivan
Published: April 2000
Product Code: r1-1623Description When smartphones were first introduced in 1996, a lack of compelling applications and steep prices significantly impeded market takeoff. Within the last year, however, industry partnerships and alliances, the entrance of new companies and the deployment of new technologies have revitalised the field. Intense efforts by market participants to redesign products and adapt them to meet customer needs have resulted in a market with impressive growth potential.Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- The European Smartphones Market
- Summary of Major Findings
- An Introduction to the Smartphones Market
- Smartphone: Defining a New Concept
- The Smartphone Momentum
- Status of the Smartphones Market Today
- An Insight to the Future of Smartphones
- The Origins of the Smartphones Market
- History of the Smartphones Market
- Emergence of Wireless Technologies
- Dynamics of the Smartphones Market
- Identification of Challenges Facing the Smartphones Market
- Main Market Drivers and Restraints for the Smartphones Market
- Glossary of Terms
- The Results of a Converging World
- Introduction
- Creation of a New Value-Chain
- Key Issues and Challenges for Competitors in This New Industry Structure
- Conclusion
- Enabling Technologies
- Introduction
- WAP
- Bluetooth
- Voice/Speech Recognition
- Other Performance Critical Technologies
- Third-Generation Mobile Infrastructure
- Introduction
- The Route to Third Generation
- Conclusion
- Integrated Versus Stand-Alone
- Introduction
- Dual Device Solutions: A Threat to Smartphones Market Potential Growth
- Advantages to Integrated Devices
- Which Operating System for Smartphones?
- Introduction
- The Main Operating Systems in the Smartphones Market
- The Critical Issue of Content in the Smartphones Market
- Introduction
- The Keys to Success for Wireless Content
- Which Kind of Information is Being Made Available?
- Conclusion
- End-User Issues in the Smartphones Market
- Who Are The End-Users? What Do They Want?
- Market Potential
- The Smartphone Channels
- Market Engineering Research for the Total European Smartphones Market
- Forecasts of the Total Market
- Market Engineering Research for the European Smartphones Market by Geographic Region
- Forecasts of the German Market
- Forecasts of the French Market
- Forecasts of the Italian Market
- Forecasts of the United Kingdom Market
- Forecasts of the Iberian Market
- Forecasts of the Benelux Market
- Forecasts of the Scandinavian Market
- The Smartphone Industry Structure
- Smartphone Manufacturers
- Potential Market Entrants
- Companies From the Computing World
- The Network Operators
- Other Important Market Players
- Main Features Found in Smartphone Devices
- Introduction
- Current Smartphones Features
- Information Management Applications
- Future Smartphone Features
- Design and Ergonomics of Smartphone Devices
- Introduction
- Stage I: Market Introduction
- Stage II: Market Development
- Stage III: Market Exploitation
- Strategy and Recommendations for the Smartphones Market
- Strategies for Success of Product Launches
- Strategies for Success in the Industry
- Profiles of Strategically Targeted Companies
- Alcatel
- Ericsson
- Motorola
- Nokia
- Samsung Electronics
- Siemens
- Symbian
- Database of Key Industry Participants
- Market Participants
- Related Companies
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