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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: Smartphone Growth Reaches 1.3 Billion in 2014","summary" : "Smartphone adoption rate continues to rise, but the screen sizes users adopt continue to evolve. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.2 million units during the fourth quarter of 2014. IDC states that this was an increase of more than 25%, compared","date" : "2015-02-10T09:51:14-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/02/2015-02-10-trends-on-tuesday-smartphone-growth-reaches-1-3-billion-in-2014.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-smartphone-growth-reaches-1-3-billion-in-2014","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/02/10/trends-on-tuesday-smartphone-growth-reaches-1-3-billion-in-2014/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/02/600-x-450-Mobile-phones-background-Pile-of-different-modern-smartphones-Bet_Noire-iStock-Thinkstock-523564455.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A pile of different smart phones\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eSmartphone adoption rate continues to rise, but the screen sizes users adopt continue to evolve.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to preliminary data from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS25407215\"\u003eInternational Data Corporation (\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eIDC\u003c/span\u003e) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker\u003c/a\u003e, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.2 million units during the fourth quarter of 2014. IDC states that this was an increase of more than 25%, compared to the fourth quarter in 2013. For the full year, IDC says the worldwide smartphone market saw a total of 1.3 billion units shipped, up 27.6% from the 1.02 billion units shipped in 2013. \u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/02/250-x-250-Graph-with-smartphone-on-abstract-background-cell-phone-illust-sak111-iStock-Thinkstock-508909423.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Rising graph arrow shown above different sizes of smartphones that are getting progressively larger, on an abstract, multi-colored background.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIDC reports that Apple devices saw increased sales partially due to the larger screen sizes made available by the company this year. This demonstrates the popularity of \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/06/trends-on-tuesday-phablets-top-tablets-in-post-holiday-activations/\" title=\"Trends on Tuesday: Phablets Top Tablets in Post-Holiday Activations\"\u003e“phablets” over “traditional” sized tablets and smartphones\u003c/a\u003e. Screen sizes are going to continue to evolve and challenge organizations to think about different user stories—\u003ca href=\"http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ScottMoakes/20150204/235733/Playing_with_Wearables_A_Journey_in_UltraSmall_Game_Design.php\"\u003esee how the gaming industry might approach it\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor government, the approach is two-tiered. Agencies implementing mobile Web sites like responsive Web design should conduct compatibility testing across multiple device screen sizes—this is available via the \u003ca href=\"\n\" title=\"Get Your Mobile Compatibility Testing Here! All About the Federal CrowdSource Mobile Testing Program\"\u003eFederal Crowdsource Mobile Testing Program\u003c/a\u003e. To prepare for wearables and the Internet of Things, agencies should think about \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/29/how-government-will-accelerate-anytime-anywhere-services-and-information-in-2015/\" title=\"How Government will Accelerate Anytime, Anywhere Services and Information in 2015\"\u003euser stories and open data\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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