More than half of next year's U.S. handset shipments will be smart phones, says In-Stat

THE SMART PHONE market will continue to grow by leaps and bounds, with the composition and makeup of the smartphone ecosystem changing just as quickly, says new research from In-Stat.In its report Smart Phones: A Worldwide View, the market research firm forecasts that unit shipments of smart phones will be nearly 850 million by 2015, as they move toward the 1 billion shipment mark.“There are several critical factors that drive smartphone success,” said principal analyst Allen Nogee, in the report’s press release. “These include a powerful browser, a wide variety of apps, an easy to navigate user interface, and a...