Jerry Raia
10-04-2005, 07:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.canalys.com/pr/2005/r2005094.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.canalys.com/pr/2005/r2005094.htm</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Canalys research indicates that the trends observed within the EMEA mobile device market in 2004 have accelerated during the first half of 2005. Shipments of converged smart mobile devices, namely smart phones and wireless handhelds, grew from 3.6 million in H1 2004 to 9.6 million in H1 2005, representing a 170% year-on-year rise. To put this in perspective, the EMEA mobile phone market excluding these converged smart mobile devices rose by only 11% over the same period."</i><br /><br />If the new crop of Smartphones that are coming down the pipe is any indication I think the trend is clear now. The era of separate Pocket PC devices and phones is coming to a close. People want one device to do it all. What do you want?