Geoff Blaber, IDC's European mobile devices research analyst, said: "The sustained advancement in technological specifications is further shortening product life cycles and providing consumers with the necessary incentive to upgrade handsets...
Sprint Nextel is still testing several technologies but a front-runner in the race is WiMax, which supports peak data download speeds of about 20Mbps, with average user data rates between 1Mbps and 4Mbps.
The company also announced the Open Handset Alliance, a multinational alliance of 34 companies - including several chipmakers, handset manufacturers and mobile operators - which will be working together to develop handsets and services that...
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He added: "It's not a matter of converting phone to live chat. The company has started to use RightNow's Chat application so customer service staff can quickly respond to queries made via its help and support website.