The 105 marks the latest attempt by Nokia to dominate the ultra-low cost-focussed developing mobile market, having lost ground to Samsung and Apple in the smart phone sector in recent years.
But this little firm of 11 is the most popular in the smart watch sector today, bubbling up amid rampant rumours that Apple has its own "iWatch" in the works – rumours that have been fuelled by speculation from a former senior designer at the company, and reports by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg apparently confirming it.
In the smart phone sector, Apple competes with Motorola, Nokia, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
In the smart phone sector, Motorola competes with Nokia, Research In Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's iPhone.
Google's Nest division makes the Protect - a more advanced internet-connected smoke detector that has become one of the poster childs of the smart home sector.
"The smart city sector is still in the 'I know it when I see it' phase, without a universally agreed definition".
Gohn predicts better exits in the smart grid sector for software and services startups serving the U.S. market, rather than hardware and metering, in the near future.
However, the search giant's Motorola handset division has itself lost a number of legal challenges involving some of the disputed technologies which may have encouraged others involved in the smart device sector to settle.
The way I see it, AAPL has staked a durable claim to the high-value side of the smart phone sector, and it is highly unlikely it will do anything but gain ground.
The company made a big splash in the high end of the wireless phone market, the smart phone sector, a couple of years ago, but since then, competition has stiffened.
