We're Converging on the $200 to $400 Mobile Sweet Spot: Smartphones/Netbooks Up, Feature Phones/Notebooks Down

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Declined 8.6 Per Cent and Smartphones Grew 12.7 Per Cent in First Quarter of 2009

…can be viewed two ways:

1. The mobile phone world is doomed with a sales drop of 8.6%
2. The mobile phone world is leaving the feature phone era and entering the smartphone epoch

But, I think there’s a third interpretation:

Like feature phones, desktop PCs and notebooks are also dropping in sales and marketshare.