Talking the walk
Brokers' communication needs are changing. Emmanuel Kenning analyses the growth of the personal digital assistant market.
The BlackBerry is only one kind of personal digital assistant - or smartphone - but much in the way of Kleenex for tissues and Hoover for vacuums, it is already synonymous with mobile e-mail for business.
The growth in BlackBerry use has been phenomenal. In February 2004, manufacturer Research In Motion had one million subscribers. By November 2005, that figure had grown to 3.65 million. Now, there are 28.5 million users worldwide and the number of handsets sold is even more impressive at over
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