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IDC Mobile Device Operating System Report Confirms Symbian's Lead in the Converged
Mobile Device Market, Followed by Microsoft and Linux
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-- July 27, 2005--In the 1970s and 1980s, the first basic mobile
phones and electronic organizers arrived on the market as the predecessors of
today's evolved mobile phones, handheld devices, and converged mobile devices.
In the 1990s, the limitations of the real-time operating systems (RTOS) solutions
resulted in the evolution of the high-level operating system (HLOS). In 2005,
the mobile device operating system market continues to advance, with Symbian maintaining
its majority share in the converged mobile device market, followed by Microsoft
and Linux.
According to a new report from IDC, Symbian dominates the converged mobile device
operating system market with a 55.9% share in 2004. Symbian's share of this market
is expected to grow to nearly 60% in 2009. Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms
had 12.7% of the market in 2004, with continued growth to 17.3% of the market
in 2009. Linux had an 11.3% share in 2004 and is expected to capture nearly 17%
of the market in 2009.
"Symbian Version 9.0 is designed to drive the Symbian OS into mass-market mobile
phones, while supporting next-generation applications, services, and content and
protecting against newly emerging threats. This platform will dominate converged
mobile device volume for the foreseeable future," says Stephen Drake, program
director for Mobile Software at IDC.
In 2004, for the first time in history, more pen-based handheld devices (PDAs)
featuring Microsoft Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Windows CE) shipped globally
than those featuring the Palm OS, yet the PDA market continues to fade.
This IDC study, Worldwide Mobile Device Operating System 2005-2009 Forecast and
Analysis (IDC #33676), represents an analysis of the high-level operating system
(HLOS) for mobile devices with a focus on the providers of the mobile operating
system. It provides a detailed overview of the mobile OS migration and its beginnings
from the real-time operating systems (RTOS) and detailed profiles of key providers
of mobile device operating systems, including Symbian, Microsoft, PalmSource,
MontaVista, SavaJe, and RIM. It also includes market shares by OS type and a five-year
forecast for the mobile operating system markets.
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