Who will win the smartphone wars?
Tablet wars? The end user customer is winning the war. Look at the selection and price points that we have in this market. It is spectacular. However, we don’t necessarily see one clear winner in smartphones. The growth of the iPhone has been tremendous, enough to overtake the lead from BlackBerry (News – Alert), which a couple years ago seemed insurmountable. Then we recently saw the growth of Android overtake the iPhone in a relative short time from its inception. What’s next? Who knows? There’s plenty of room for everyone in this vast market for smartphone devices. The same is probably true of tablet devices. There will be lots of innovation and competition. The iPad is off to a great start, but many still don’t consider it a serious business tool. Netbook mini PCs are also off and running, but will likely evolve into something more iPad like on Android and other mobile operating systems. And of course, with Toshiba’s telecom, PC and Hard Disk drive businesses, we will continue to p
