Reuters reports that the wireless chip industry forecasts that 2010 will be another year of rising sales for smartphones. Is this supposed to come as some sort of a surprise? 2010 will likely welcome the introduction of a 4G networking to North America, bringing with it smarter, faster phones, and prices that will begin to drop. When comparing the cost of cell phones and rate plans in North America to identical plans in Asia and Europe, our prices seem ridiculous. However, with more and more companies entering the smart phone market, prices for the handsets are bound to fall; the market is no longer a place for just Palm, Apple, and HTC. For example, Motorola was the manufacturer of the hit RAZR, but has pretty much stayed clear from the North American smartphone market until their recent, highly publicized release of the Google-powered Droid. Google’s Android operating system is set to land on a handful of phones in the upcoming year, creating excitement for anyone who’s looking to buy a new phone.
The fact that we’re still referring to new phones as smartphones seems a little out dated. We’re no longer living in a world where owning a smartphone means you walk around with a holster and stylus. Almost any phone you put your hands on has the capability to browse the internet, the only difference is, some have 3G, and some don’t. As competition between carriers heats up with the arrival of new phones, we should also expect a drop in our data packages because soon, all of our phones will be running on the same network so there won’t be a need to charge different prices to access different networks. Everyone knows that cell phones are one of the current hot topics, but thanks for the heads-up Reuters.
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