Open Source making waves in the mobile industry
Open source software has existed in mobile phones since Motorola’s Linux-based A760 was launched in early 2003. Open source has come a...
Developer Ecosystem Spotlights: Sector Trends & Insights
Game, mobile, web, IoT and embedded developers do not all work the same way. Our developer ecosystem spotlights explore the languages, tools, workflows and emerging trends shaping different software sectors. Read sector-by-sector explainers and commentary on how developer needs and technology choices vary across games, mobile, web, embedded systems and other platforms. For community-size estimates, survey results and the data behind these trends, explore our developer ecosystems research.
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Motorola's AJAR set to follow in Nokia's S60 footsteps
Motorola’s acquisition of TTPCom in June bought the OEM ownership of the AJAR operating system for low-end handsets. In a corporate...
Prioritize: Take over the world or Enjoy good margins
The end of each quarter is always an exciting period in the mobile business, the average selling price and market shares of the...
Bang & Olufsen and ELLE pick up where Xelibri failed
Handsets for niche segments are making their presence felt, not only behind the mobile industry scenes, but also in the retail...
Customised Design Manufacturers are Here
The Customised Design Manufacturer (CDM) is a new business model in the mobile handset industry that fills a very important market gap:...
The Twelve Stages of Handset Commercialisation
ARCchart‘s latest report is titled ‘The New Age of Handset Customisation: 2006-2011‘. The report analyses the new players, business...
The Industrial Design Platform
I ‘ve spent most of my time in the last three months researching and authoring a report on the future of handset customisation. I believe...
On-Device Portals: Here to Stay
I ‘ve written before about on-device portals (ODPs) – it’s essentially device software that delivers offline browsing, storefront and...
Googling for the future of mobile search
I was listening to an audio interview with John Markus Lervik, the CEO of FAST, the mobile search company, by Peggy Anne Salz, the author...
Nokia must U-turn on its Symbian strategy
A year ago I wrote an article reasoning that Symbian’s outlook is no longer promising. In the article I argued that Symbian’s strategic...
On-Device Portals: A Space to Watch
How far can the WAP technology heritage go in surpassing its criticisms, i.e. the click-n-wait performance, the long click-distance and...
On DoCoMo, Microsoft and Platform Strategy
The recent announcement from DoCoMo intending to sell Windows Mobile handsets from HTC in 2H06 came as a surprise to many industry...
