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7 smartphone predictions for 2010

By SiliconIndia | Thursday, 10 December 2009, 18:44 Hrs | 1 Comments

More devices, such as e-readers and lower-cost laptops, will surface in 2010, helping shape how people use smartphones and other computing devices. Purdy said the forecast for the next five years is for continued growth in sales of smartphones, full-size laptops (as opposed to netbooks) and e-readers. A variety of e-readers will hit the market in 2010, and Apple may introduce a tablet computer that functions as an e-reader and a media viewer, Purdy said. At the same time, notebook computers could begin to drop in price, putting the squeeze on the booming netbook market.

Purdy said the smartphone will continue to be the most vital computing/communication device people carry in 2010, but it will nonetheless continue to be a supplement to larger devices, especially notebooks, which, because of their larger screens and full-size keyboards, are better for managing documents and e-mail. Researchers at Intel Corp. have expressed similar ideas about users favoring more than a single device.

Many people could use both a laptop and a smartphone, along with a midsize device, such as an e-reader, with a screen that's smaller than a laptop's but larger than a smartphone's, according to Purdy's outlook.

Unlike some analysts, Purdy said smartphone displays will never be large enough or clear enough to use for hours of reading or video viewing. Therefore, smartphones will be used to supplement e-readers. In effect, he said, smartphones won't be the only computing devices we have or use.

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1: Smart phones are definitely becoming so smart that one day they will replace the netbook experience. Especially when the price starts dropping for touchscreen smartphone, no one will buy any other phone

Posted by:Aditi - 10 Dec, 2009