Looking back at 2011: iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus cap off the year of the smartphone

. Despite numerous lofty predictions from analysts and market watchers, 2011 wasn't the year of the tablet. Not by a long shot. Apple's iPad 2 continued to sell well this past year but among dozens of rivals, only a handful of tablets managed to garner even the slightest interest from consumers. No, 2011 was the year of the smartphone. Global smartphone penetration is now approaching 10% and in the United States, nearly half of all cell phone users own smartphones.

Boy Genius Report, Looking back at 2011: iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus cap off the year of the smartphone