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Dual mode phone trends

Here is a chart of the number of dual mode phones certified for Wi-Fi each month starting in 2004, compiled from data found on the Wi-Fi Alliance website. There is a suggestion of a trend over the first few months of 2007, but of course it’s too early to call the entry of FMC into the trough of disillusionment. In the first three months of 2007 there were 14 certifications, versus 8 in the first three months of 2006. That’s a healthy 75% year on year increase. When you look at it on a quarterly scale, the first calendar quarter of 2007 is the second best ever, beaten only by the twenty certifications in the fourth quarter of 2006. But broken down by month it looks like certifications are sliding. There has only been one so far in May.
Wi-Fi certifcations of dual mode phones

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  1. [...] An earlier post in this blog discussing dual mode phones mentions the trough of disillusionment as a part of the technical product hype cycle. This article gives an amusing view of Bluetooth from the bottom of that trough. In 2007 Bluetooth will be in half the handsets sold. In retrospect is seems so inevitable. Filed under: analyst, market, Bluetooth by — Michael @ 1:57 pm [...]

    Pingback by wirevolution » Bluetooth and the Trough of Disillusionment — June 5, 2007 @ 1:57 pm

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