Md Consulting

Interesting reading in Nielsen Wire.

• Only 21% of American wireless subscribers are using a smartphone as of the fourth quarter 2009 compared to 19% in Q3 2009 and 14% at the end of 2008.
• The share of smartphones as a proportion of overall device sales has increased to 29% for phone purchasers in the last six months and 45% of respondents to a Nielsen survey indicated that their next device will be a smartphone. 
• This increase will be so rapid, that by the end of 2011, Nielsen expects more smartphones in the U.S. market than feature phones.