2010 Mobile Industry Prediction’s at IntoMobile

Stefan Constantinescu over at IntoMobile has written a very interesting article about what he thinks you will see in the mobile landscape in the coming year, I found it a very good read so I thought I would share it with you.  Enjoy and be sure to leave comments about what you think.

My favorite quote was, "RIM, who everyone continues to insult, calling their operating system older than the Roman empire, continues to gain market share at a furious rate."

The industry saw Palm (NSDQ: PALM) successfully build a tremendous amount of hype over the Pre and webOS, and then fail to deliver. The industry saw Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) launch a minor hardware upgrade to their iphone with the help of ARM’s next generation Cortex A8 processor, and we’re only now seeing other players adopt the same technology. The industry saw Nokia continue to stumble their way into the services market, and fail to deliver a compelling a touch screen flagship device. RIM, who everyone continues to insult, calling their operating system older than the Roman empire, continues to gain market share at a furious rate. Android has grown up, but it’s still rough around the edges and very much limited to the high end of the market. The most important thing we saw this year, and you’re going to think I’m nuts for saying this, was the launch of TeliaSonera’s LTE network in Sweden. That network may only reach half a million people, but it’s a sign that operators all around the world will take note of and start rolling out their own next generation, fully IP based, low latency high speed networks.