By 2013, there will be more people using smart phones with access to web-based applications than laptops. In the first three months of 2010, Apple sold approximately nine million iPhones—the first time that Apple sold more phones than computers.

Research from IDC has predicted that 1.2 billion workers will be using mobile enterprise tools by 2011. This represents roughly one-third of the total global workforce. It is expected that the U.S. will lead with over 75 percent of its workers using mobile technologies. Other regions that heavily use mobile computing include Europe and Japan; however, Asia is among the fasting growing regions, according to IDC, and will have 62 percent of all global mobile workers by 2013. Other areas set for growth include South America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.