Mobility News Weekly - Week of June 13, 2011

The Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends.

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IDC has released new figures that the worldwide smartphone market will grow 55 percent year over year in 2011.  They also expect the total number of global smartphone shipments to reach 982 million by 2015.  Read Original Content

HP has announced that on July 1 it will launch its own tablet to compete with others in the emerging tablet market.  Read Original Content

According to a new Gartner study, Android is rapidly taking over the smartphone market with a global market share increase of 27.3 percent between May 2010 and May 2011.  Read Original Content

Telefon AB LM Ericsson, the world's largest maker of equipment for mobile phone networks is buying Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.15 billion, a deal that will help it manage the explosive global growth in smartphone and broadband Internet use.  Read Original Content

Analyst firm Wunderlich Securities no longer expects Research In Motion (RIM) to control a significant share in the global smartphone market.  Rather they expect RIM to shift towards building business-oriented devices and cloud-based services that run through a Blackberry network.  Read Original Content



Apple is undergoing criticism surrounding the June 30 deadline it enforced to apps with “buy” features.  Through the new rules Apple would receive a portion of sales through all apps that have a purchasing component.  Specifically Kindle, Netflix and The New York Times would be affected.  Read Original Content

ClickSoftware is an SAP mobility partner and the leading provider of automated workforce management and optimization solutions for every size of service business.  This newsletter is sponsored in part by ClickSoftware - http://www.clicksoftware.com/.

According to CNET rumors Apple is working with Sprint to release a 4G model iPhone on the Sprint network.  Read Original Content

IDC reports that by 2015 Android will control 43.8 percent of the smartphone market and Apple will fall to 16.9 percent.  Read Original Content

By 2014 the Indian telecom market will be valued at $82 billion with the help of networks like 4G.  Read Original Content

India's richest software tycoon is planning to produce a $32 tablet computer designed to bring iPad style technology to his country.  The tablet will be aimed rural areas and poor school children.  Read Original Content

Recent Articles by Kevin Benedict

What Does HTML5 Mean for Sybase's Embedded Mobile Database Business?
Mobile Expert Video Series: Accenture's Brandon Webber
Mobile Expert Video Series: Vivint's Scott Taylor
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More
Mobile Expert Video Series: Sybase's Shawn McEwen
The Season of Mobility User Conferences
Mobile Vendor Video: Brothers and Mobile Printers

Upcoming Events

Live Webinar - Learn how Carefusion mobilized SAP CRM Field Service with Syclo, June 22, 2011
Eggs with Benedict - European Tour - Mobility Strategies and More, June 27 – July 1, 2011
ClickConnect APAC 2011, July 11 – 13, 2011
Syclo Mobile Conference 2011, July 13 – 15, 2011

Whitepapers of Note

The Business Benefits of Mobile Adoption with SAP Systems
ClickSoftware Mobility Suite and Sybase Mobility Solution
Mobile Adoption Among Gas and Electric Utilities
Mobile Adoption in Life Sciences
Mobile Adoption in Oil and Gas
Networked Field Services

Recorded Webinars of Note

3 Critical Considerations for Embracing Mobile CRM
The Future of Enterprise Mobility
The Latest m-Business Trends and How the Onslaught of Mobile Devices Affects Development Strategies
The Real-Time Mobile Enterprise:  The Benefits of Rapid, Easy Access
Syclo and SAP Deliver Mobile Apps on Sybase Unwired Platform

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Kevin Benedict, Independent Mobile and M2M Industry Analyst, SAP Mentor Volunteer
Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict

Full Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.

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