Smartphone Market to Grow 50% This Year

The worldwide smartphone market is growing at a near meteoric rate. Are you prepared or preparing to capitalize on this trend? IDC’s research finds that smartphone vendors will ship around 450 million units this year… that’s 49% more than in 2010.

This is four times faster than the overall mobile phone market. The Android operating system is still predicted to continue its rapid growth and be the top operating system, with an expected 39.5% of the market by the end of the year and 45% by 2015. Much of this growth is fueled by consumer desire to have the additional functionality offered by smartphones. This creates a massive opportunity for forward thinking individuals and businesses.

iPhone applications developers and Android application developers worldwide are booked  for months in advance to meet the growing demand for application software for these systems. And its not hard to see why, consumer demand is high and these applications offer an all new way to engage consumers. Savvy business owners are looking to mobile application developers to help them turn outdated advertising campaigns into engaging applications that interact with consumers on a personal device that is carried with them most of the day.

Already businesses are finding campaigns run via creative and practical mobile applications are paying huge dividends. There are several keys to success with mobile applications and a quality, professional application developer can help you put together a map to success that will help you translate your brand into a powerful mobile application.