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India Smartphone Outlook for 2013
2012 Smartphone Year in Review: The smartphones sales in India grew over 100% (year-on-year) in 2012 to reach 20 to 22 million units. For the first time, monthly sales crossed 2 million units in Q4 and smartphones breached the USD … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Consumer, India, Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Phone, #Windows, Apple, Blackberry, HTC, India Market, iOS, Micromax, Mobile Phones, Nokia, OEMs, OS, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Trends
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Comparison of China & India Smartphone Markets
China and India are the world’s biggest mobile markets with 1.05 billion and 934 million subscribers respectively. At the end of 2011, the smartphones installed base in both these markets was less than 100 million (over 90 million in China and … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, China, Emerging Markets, India, Smartphones, Technology
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Windows, Android, App Stores, Apple, Apps, Blackberry, China, HTC, India Market, iOS, Nokia, OEMs, OS, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Trends
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Nokia’s Smartphone Revival – Hits, Misses and Current Options for the Company
Yesterday, I was reading an article on an Indian business blog where the author presented some interesting scenarios and a compelling argument for Nokia’s turnaround, based on their smartphone devices and OS strategy. He presented the fact that Nokia currently … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, Business Model, Mobile Devices, OS, Profitability, Smartphones, Telecom
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Windows, Android, App Stores, Apple, Apps, iOS, Nokia, OEMs, OS, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Windows Phone 8
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Indian Mobile App Developer Dynamics – Key Challenges and Opportunities
There are close to 10,000 companies developing mobile applications in India. Together, they employ over 250,000 developers. Most of the mobile app development work carried out by Indian developers is limited to product development (software coding) and validation (testing) and … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, Business Model, Mobile Devices, OS, PE/VC, Smartphones, Telecom, VAS
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, Android, App Developers, Apple, India Market, iOS, OS, Smartphones, Trends, Vodafone
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Is India Ready for Customized and Branded Mobile App Stores?
Branded mobile application stores (app stores) by both device OEMs and carriers have existed in India for a while, and continue to be launched. Nokia launched its ‘Ovi store’ in 2009 (later rebranded as ‘Nokia Store), Airtel has its ‘App Central’, … Continue reading
Posted in App Stores, Apps, Business Model, Convergence, Digitization, Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones, Telecom, VAS
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, #Lumia, #Windows, Android, App Central, App Stores, Apple, Apps, Blackberry, Borqs, Convergence, Google, Google Play, Handsets, India Market, iOS, Mobile Phones, MTS, Nokia, Nokia Store, OS, OTT, Ovi, Ovi Store, PocketApps, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Telecom, Trends, VAS
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Proliferation of Tablets in the Indian Education Sector
Digital technologies have existed for over ten years in the Indian Education Sector, albeit with minimal adoption. Earlier, the use of VSAT based classrooms for distance learning, plasma TVs in schools and colleges, Ethernet based networks in connected campuses have … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Convergence, Digitization, Education, Tablets, Technology, Telecom
Tagged #India, 3G, Android, Apple, Colleges, Connect2Gurukul, Content, Convergence, Digital Education, EAFT Technlogies, Education, Educomp, Everonn, HCL, Higher Education, iBooks 2, India Market, iProf, iTunes U, Micromax, OEMs, Online Tuition, Schools, Tablets, Telecom, Test Preparation, Trends, Wi-Fi
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Technology Manifestation Cycles for ‘True Convergence’
Apple continues to set the bar higher with the release of the new iPad in March 2012. This is really an evolutionary step forward on the features and functionalities on what has been established as the defacto standard for tablets … Continue reading
Posted in Convergence, Mobile Devices, Smartphones, Tablets, Telecom
Tagged all-in-one, Android, Apple, Convergence, Manifestation, Smartphones, Swiss-Army knife, Tablets, Technology
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India Smartphone Outlook for 2012
2011 was the first big year for smartphones in India. Convergence Catalyst estimates between 9 to 9.5M smartphones to have been sold in India in 2011. October was a landmark month having witnessed smartphone sales crossing the 1 million mark. … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Devices, OS, Smartphones, Telecom
Tagged #"Windows Phone 7.5", #India, Android, Apple, Bada, Forecast, Handset Forecast 2012, HTC, iOS, Nokia, OS, Outlook, Samsung, Smartphones, Symbian, Telecom, Trends
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Analysis of Windows Phone 7.5 Market Potential in India
Microsoft is all set to re-enter the mobile devices operating systems race with the launch of its new Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). Although HTC Radar was the first Windows Phone 7.5 device launched in India (in October 2011), it is … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Mobile Devices, OS, Telecom
Tagged #India, #Lumia, #Microsoft, #Phone, #Windows, Apple, Nokia, Samsung, Smartphones
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Impact on Mobile Device OEMs due to Rupee Depreciation
Indian rupee has declined over 8.5% in four weeks leading up to 24th September against the US dollar. This steep fall in the value of the rupee is expected to adversely impact the margins of leading global mobile device OEMs … Continue reading
Posted in Business Model, Mobile Devices, Profitability, Telecom
Tagged Apple, Blackberry, Dollar Appreciation, HTC, Mobile Phones, Nokia, Samsung, Smartphones, Sony Ericsson
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