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Featured Articles » BlackBerry Subscribers in Great Britain Top 8 Million Mark » RIM Intros New Bold and Curve Handsets » Google Releases Android 4.0 Code to Open Source Community » New Medical Plan: Take an Aspirin and I'll Email You an App   Sponsored By: Mobility TechZone Product of the Year Award Mobility TechZone is seeking entries for the Product of the Year Awards. The best products and services will be selected to be included on this elite list of the best mobile technology solutions sponsored. Learn more and apply now.   Top Stories » For App Developers in North America, Amazon's Kindle Fire Looks more Attractive than Samsung Galaxy » MTS Partners with UTV Indiagames » PressReader News App from NewspaperDirect to Be Pre-loaded on BlackBerry PlayBook Tablets » HulloMail Anti-Phone-Hacking Feature Now Available on BlackBerry Smartphones   From The Expert Corner November 15, 2011 Android Phones to Gain More Traction Among Enterprises By Lance Whitney Journalist, IT Consultant, Web Developer Android (News - Alert) smartphones have been gaining in popularity among the business crowd and stand to grab a quarter of the enterprise market in the next five years, says a report from Ovum (News - Alert). The latest forecast from Ovum calls for Android to capture 26 percent of all smartphone shipments to corporations in 2016, up from just 18 percent in 2011. Looking at actual numbers, that means a total of 14.2 millon Android phones will ship to the business crowd in five years, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21 percent from the 4.7 milion phones due to ship this year. Over the same time, the iPhone will also boost its presence in the corporate market, says Ovum. Business shipments of Apple’s (News - Alert) flagship phone will jump to 9.4 million in 2016, a compound annual growth rate of 11.2 percent from the 4.9 million units shipped in 2011. Though the BlackBerry (News - Alert) has been losing market share to the likes of Apple and Android, RIM’s smartphone will maintain its lead, even in 2016, according to Ovum. But with a projected 27 percent share of shipments to businesses, that lead will be slight. And it will represent a dramatic decline from the 40 percent share enjoyed by RIM among corporations this year... Read More    Featured Videos Interview with iPass    Featured Resources » SMS: THE VOICE ALTERNATIVE CHANNEL THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES » Going Mobile: Mobile Customer Service Moves to the Forefront of Multi-Channel Interaction » Virtual Assistants & Self Service   Featured Channels » Mobile Video » Mobile Device Management » Mobile Unified Communications   gadgets.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest gadgets News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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