The flash memory market has grown at an extremely fast rate, especially when compared with all other types of semiconductors. Much of this can be owed to the rabid use of flash memory in Apple iPod portable media players, but also to the growth of the cellular phone market, where over 1.2 billion handsets are expected to be sold worldwide this year alone, as well as other electronic devices. We also investigate the various flash memory vendors, as well as their upcoming technology innovations and fabrication plant production plans.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “Chinese Users Warmly Embrace Multimedia Phones” to their offering. Multimedia phones are a result of the handset industry's continuous efforts to integrate multiple devices into one. By doing this, handset manufacturers are trying to make mobile phones not only a personal communication center, but also a personal entertainment center. However, do wireless users really need multimedia capabilities on mobile phones? Can the multimedia functions of current mobile phones meet consumer requirements? And how will usage of multimedia phones affect the related value-added data services market?

Research and Markets has announced the addition of WiFi for Voice: Consumer Research Around Wi-Fi Phones to their offering. Could a WiFi-Only phone ever Replace your cellular phone? No or Maybe was the lukewarm response from survey respondents that participated in our Web survey around Wi-Fi phones and communication devices. Although the majority of respondents expressed at least an overall lukewarm interest in WiFi Only phones, nearly twenty-five percent expressed absolutely no interest. Respondents cited WiFi's limited range and possible Quality-of-Service (QoS) issues as major obstacles to WiFi's use as a voice communication technology, over cellular.

As the energy source, batteries are one of the most important accessories for mobile phones. The Ni-Cd battery, which originated in the generation of black and white display mobile phones, is no longer available in the market. The NI-MH battery also has little demand nowadays. The colour display generation leads to wide application of Li-ion battery (Li-ion), which includes the lithium ion battery (LIB) and lithium ion polymer battery (LIP). As the most demanded battery, Li-ion covers 80% of the market share, while that of NI-MH battery only covers 20%. Moreover, the new generation of LIP is becoming more and more popular for its advantages and has a market share of 12%-14%.