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[November 20, 2009]

Reportlinker Adds Lower Barriers to Entry Will Drive China's Smartphone Market

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.

http://www.reportlinker.com/p0165046/Lower-Barriers-to-Entry-Will-Drive-Ch inas-Smartphone-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=p rnewswire Smartphone shipments in China grew 30% to 23.6 million in 2008 despite China's uncertain economy and overall stagnation in handset shipment growth. Mobile Internet applications, GPS, and multimedia functionality have been the most important drivers of this growth.

In-Stat estimates that the compound annual growth rate of China's smartphone market will be 25% throughout the period 2009 to 2013 and that the next wave of smartphone market growth will be driven by lowered barriers-to-entry on both the OS and chipset platform solution sides. This report examines the changing dynamics of China's smartphone OS and chipset platform markets and analyzes how these will drive the smartphone market in coming years. Details of other significant drivers are also provided.

Introduction Definitions Overview Market Shares Design Trends Smartphone Value Chain Analysis Smartphone OS Market Trend Analysis Symbian Google Android OMS Windows Mobile Smartphone Chipset Platform Market Trend Analysis Huawei K3 Smartphone Platform MediaTek Smartphone Chipset Platform Drivers and Barriers Lower Entry Barriers Will Fuel Market 3G Brings Higher Bandwidth Thriving Mobile Applications a Significant Driver Battery Life Lags Market Forecasts Methodology List of Table Table 1. Operator 3G Network Deployments and Devices Strategy Table 2. China's Smartphone Market Shipment Forecasts, 2009-2013 (Units in Millions) List of Figures Figure 1. China's Smartphone Market Shipment Forecasts, 2009-2013 (Units in Millions) Figure 2. China's Smartphone Market Shares, by Vendor (2008) Figure 3. Key Nokia Smartphone Launches (2009) Figure 4. Key Dopod Smartphone Launches (2009) Figure 5. Smartphone Design Trends Figure 6. China's Smartphone Market Shares, by OS (2008) Figure 7. Smartphone OS and Manufacturer Matrix Figure 8. Symbian Foundation Offering Figure 9. Android Platform Architecture Figure 10. Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 User Interface Figure 11. Free Symbian Software Platform Figure 12. Android and Traditional Linux Comparison Figure 13. MediaTek and Huawei Turnkey Smartphone Solution Figure 14. China's 3G Subscriber Forecasts, by Operator, 2009-2011 (Subscribers in Millions) Figure 15. Main Problems Using Phone-Based Mobile Internet Applications Figure 16. Most Commonly Used Phone-Based Mobile Applications Figure 17. China's Smartphone Market Shipment Forecasts, 2009-2013 (Units in Millions) To order this report: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0165046/Lower-Barriers-to-Entry-Will-Drive-Ch inas-Smartphone-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=p rnewswire More market research reports here! Contact: Nicolas Bombourg Reportlinker Email: nbo@reportlinker.com US: (805)652-2626 Intl: +1 805-652-2626 Reportlinker CONTACT: Nicolas Bombourg, Reportlinker, nbo@reportlinker.com,+1-805-652-2626 Web Site: http://www.reportlinker.com/

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