China Smartphone Market Report,2006

Publication Date	June 2006
Publisher	Research in China
Product Type	Report
Pages	110
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	RIC00045

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Summary

The smartphone refers to the multi-functional phone with an open operating system and a CPU, and that has extendable hardware and software functions.

The popular operating systems for smartphones are Symbian, Windows, Linux, etc. The third party developers can develop various applications according to the API provided by the operating systems; therefore, theoretically the applications of smartphones can be extended unlimitedly.

Smartphone, as an important product for the manufacturers to reveal their technology strengths and increase their profit margin, has gained wide attention in the mobile phone market.

In 2005, the sales of smartphones in China were about 520,000 units. The smartphone market will maintain its strong growing momentum in 2006; the annual growth rate will be as high as 75%.

Due to the large demand, high profits, and sound market expectations for smartphones, most mobile phone manufacturers now focus on R & D for smartphones.

Though the market shares of smartphone were not high during 2002-2005, considering the forthcoming 3G era and the increase of mobile phone sales in China, enhancing the R&D for smartphones and increasing its market share are essential for the manufacturers.

Content

1. Smartphone
- 1.1 Definition of smartphone
- 1.2 Development of smartphone
2. Development trends of smartphone
- 2.1 Technology development
- 2.2 Hardware technology
  - 2.2.1 Separation tendency of hardware platform
  - 2.2.2 Analysis on major baseband platform
  - 2.2.3 Analysis on major application processor platform
- 2.3 Software technology
  - 2.3.1 Separation tendency of software and platform
  - 2.3.2 Analysis on major operating systems
  - 2.3.3 Analysis on major software platforms
  - 2.3.4 Major smartphone software development platforms
- 2.4 Component trend of smartphones
- 2.5 Relevant technology standards development of smartphones
3. Global smartphone market in 2005
- 3.1 Smartphone sales worldwide
- 3.2 Smartphone sales in Asia-Pacific
- 3.3 Smartphone sales in EMEA
- 3.4 Smartphone market status in North America
- 3.5 Turnover of major smartphone manufacturers worldwide
4. China's smartphone market in 2005
- 4.1 Smartphone sales in China
- 4.2 Sales of Symbian smartphone
- 4.3 Sales of Linux smartphone
- 4.4 Windows Mobile smartphone market
- 4.5 Sales of major smartphone manufacturers in Chinese market
- 4.6 Analysis on China's smartphone OS(Operation System) market
5. Analysis on major smartphone manufacturers in Chinese market
- 5.1 Nokia
  - 5.1.1 Market launch status of Nokia smartphones
  - 5.1.2 Sales status of Nokia smartphones
  - 5.1.3 Development strategies of Nokia smartphones
- 5.2 Motorola
  - 5.2.1 Market launch status of Motorola smartphones
  - 5.2.2 Sales status of Motorola smartphones
  - 5.2.3 Development strategies of Motorola smartphones
- 5.3 Sony Ericsson (SE)
  - 5.3.1 Market launch status of SE smartphones
  - 5.3.2 Sales status of SE smartphones
  - 5.3.3 Development strategies of SE smartphones
- 5.4 NEC
  - 5.4.1 Market launch status of NEC smartphones
  - 5.4.2 Sales status of NEC smartphones
  - 5.4.3 Development strategies of NEC smartphones
- 5.5 Dopod
  - 5.5.1 Market launch status of Dopod smartphones
  - 5.5.2 Sales status of Dopod smartphones
  - 5.5.3 Development strategies of Dopod smartphones
- 5.4 Lenovo
  - 5.4.1 Market launch status of Lenovo smartphones
  - 5.4.2 Sales status of Lenovo smartphones
  - 5.4.3 Development strategies of Lenovo smartphones
- 5.5 Bird
  - 5.5.1 Market launch status of Bird smartphones
  - 5.5.2 Sales status of Bird smartphones
  - 5.5.3 Development strategies of Bird smartphones
- 5.4 TCL
  - 5.4.1 Market launch status of TCL smartphones
  - 5.4.2 Sales status of TCL smartphones
  - 5.4.3 Development strategies of TCL smartphones
6. Smartphone configurations in Chinese market
- 6.1 Hardware configuration of smartphones
  - 6.1.1 Weight and dimension trends of smartphones
  - 6.1.2 Memory card configuration of smartphones
  - 6.1.3 Display configuration of smartphones
  - 6.1.4 Camera configuration of smartphones
- 6.2 Software configuration of smartphones
  - 6.2.1 Operating system of smartphones
  - 6.2.2 Analysis on entertainment/game software
  - 6.2.3 Analysis on multimedia application software
  - 6.2.4 Analysis on office application software
- 6.3 Analysis on embedded customized services of smartphone
7. Smartphone Operating system developments in 2006
- 7.1 Symbian
  - 7.1.1 Development of hardware manufacturers
  - 7.1.2 Development of software developers
- 7.2 Windows
  - 7.2.1 Development of hardware manufacturers
  - 7.2.2 Development of software developers
- 7.3 Linux
  - 7.3.1 Development of hardware manufacturers
  - 7.3.2 Development of software developers
- 7.4 Comprehensive comparison of Symbian, Windows and Linux
8. Consumer behavior study