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Buisness is beginning to pay attention to the future that the mobile internet can bring. With 190 milion mobile subscribers in the US the mobile market is very much alive. As a commercial platform the mobile could leave the internet in its wake, with analysts predicting mobile content sales to reach 9$ billion in the next year along. As a commerce platform, the mobile phone has a lot going for it. Nokia recently announced that it has shipped 100 milion Symbian smartphones to over 250 network operators. Nigel Clifford, CEO, Symbian says: “We see two trends driving smartphones onward. The first is that while smartphones have their highest penetration rates in the most saturated and developed markets, the highest future growth rates are likely to be in rapidly developing markets such as China, India and Brazil. The developing world will be likely to account to 50% of smartphones sales within five years, as smartphones are a huge opportunity to fast-forward into the information era. The second is the rising youth market, a generation who are demanding the most inovative, fashionable devices and are attracted by the services that they can offer.”