The center of the smartphone industry did not always exist in Silicon Valley. Before Google or the iPhone, one could say that Finland was the home of smartphones because of Nokia or maybe Canada, home of Blackberry. However, things have changed significantly in the just the past couple of years. Google and iPhone are leading the way in terms of smartphone technology and innovation. It just so happens that they are headquartered in Silicon Valley – Mobile Valley.
It’s not just Google and Apple in the area that are making smartphones. Hewlett-Packard recently bought Palm whose headquarters are in Palo Alto. These three Giants are expected to increase their share of the smartphone market while the percentage of phones sold with Nokia’s Symbian operating system is decreasing. Even Hakan Eriksson, chief technology officer for Ericsson, is planning to move to his company’s San Jose office because according to him, U.S. companies are at the forefront of new trends in mobile communications. If this doesn’t tell you that Mobile Valley is the center of mobile communications, then I don’t know what will.
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