
Research firm, Gartner, released a forecast that smartphones sales will increase by 29% per year until it reaches 180 million units in 2009. Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner, says “PC vendors will find it difficult to simply use existing supply chains and channels to expand their presence in the smartphone market. The smartphone and notebook markets are governed by different rules when it comes to successfully marketing and selling products.”
