| Public figures recently pegged global Smartphone | | | | Working online is as proficient as ever and should |
| users at around 450 million. That is already an | | | | continue to become the preferred communication tool |
| impressive figure given that Smartphones are only | | | | for businesses as the next decade begins. |
| recent inventions. Nevertheless, that figure is still expect | | | | It is estimated that only around a quarter of the world's |
| to dramatically increase over the next few years even | | | | population has access to the Internet, which would peg |
| as the global recession has looked to dampen | | | | it at over 1.6 billion users. That should be expected to |
| Smartphone market growth. | | | | grow as internet technology continues to penetrate the |
| The IDC's Worldwide Digital Marketplace Model and | | | | lifestyles of billions of relatively new internet users in |
| Forecast predicts that the one billion barrier should | | | | China, India and Russia. Improvement in Smartphone |
| easily broken by 2013. With communications | | | | technology over the next few years would also lead |
| technology developing at the rate it has been over the | | | | to greater demand from the existing market, along |
| past decade, along with the rise of the dependability of | | | | with an increase in its share in the communications |
| modern life to such modern tools, then it is of no | | | | technology market and business sector. Indeed as |
| surprise if the market for these Smartphones | | | | John Gantz, chief research officer at IDC once said |
| continues to grow at a fast rate. Indeed, the buzz that | | | | "The number of mobile devices with Internet access |
| the Smartphone market has created in the global | | | | has simply exploded over the last several years. With |
| market has led to a move by more and more | | | | a wealth of information and services available from |
| corporate businesses to integrate these new | | | | almost anywhere, Internet-connected mobile devices |
| technologies in their day to day workings so as to | | | | are reshaping the way we go about our personal and |
| increase productivity and hitherto improve profitability. | | | | professional lives." Indeed, and we are grateful for it. |