The IDC has released its „Top 10 Predictions“ for 2010 and there are some interesting notes regarding mobile in it. It also shares a lot of insights concerning the IT-Industry and what we are to expect from 2010 with regard to developments in the telecommunications sector. For mobile related topics, you should go and have a read through numbers 5 and 7.

Here’s a short summary of what we found interesting in it:

• The IDC predicts that in 2010, more than 1 billion mobile devices will be accessing the internet, compared to 1.3 billion PCs, which basically means mobile is growing 2.5 times faster than the stationary internet
• We will have at least 300.000 iPhone apps by the end of 2010. A lot of them will come from Global 2000 businesses and consumer brands. An interesting implication for who the players on these and other platforms will be
• Android is coming up strong…kind of: 50,000- 75,000 apps for Android by end of 2010. Quite a number.
• The “iPad” will arrive! Finally, an Apple tablet. The size will be rather like “an oversized iPod Touch than a downsized Mac”, but still, the potential here is huge.
• Over 200 million smartphones (or devices with the ability to run third-party applications) will be shipped in 2010. That is some market share growth and it likely will not stop. While it will be at 16% in 2010, until 2012 the IDC estimates it will reach 20%.
• Prices for smartphones will continue to drop: “look for more sub-$150 smartphone to come on the scene in 2010, accelerating the market”.

 
So there you have it: mobile is here and we are in the middle of a lot of changes and developments. Exciting!