Could Christmas Counter The Cellphone Slump?

Posted November 13th, 2009 by Luke McKinney in HTC, Expensive Phones, Industry News, Handsets

This holiday season could raise more than spirits and the number of times “Scrooge” has been shown on TV - information analysis firm Gartner, predict that smartphone sales should see a surge as people ask “What would my loved ones like?” and answer “A sexy smartphone!”

The smartphone market is the primary growth sector for the entire mobile industry at the moment, with active innovation and genuinely competing products like the Blackberry, iPhone and Android-equipped phones each aiming at slightly different markets. Dumbphones, on the other hand, are increasingly seen to be polishing and tweaking an extremely standard formula, and anyone out to upgrade usually opts to leap onto the smartphone services.

A major contender for the mistletoe-season money will be Vodafone’s HTC HD2, the latest from the Taiwanese technology firm. This Windows Mobile device agrees with Gartner’s conclusion that new smartphones should focus on interface over additional features, claiming that the new “HTC Sense” interface is more intuitive and easily customisable than ever before. Interesting features include an array of widgets (though we’ll have to wait and see if it can compete with the App store), and the ability to operate as a mobile connection for your laptop.

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