Smartphones spur mobile market to reach 1.6 billion units
Smartphones spur mobile market to reach 1.6 billion units Global smartphone sales shot up sharply in 2010, climbing 72% as Research in Motion and Apple replaced Sony Ericsson and Motorola Mobility for the fourth and fifth spots among the top five cell phone companies, new data from Gartner reveals.
Adoption of mobile marketing by brands and marketers is growing, according to the latest quarterly BuzzCity report, which revealed that 87.1 billion mobile ads have been served through its system so far this year, up 60% from the whole of 2010.