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How will device vendors differentiate themselves? What is User Experience? What are the most suitable Open Source licensing models for mobile handset software? How to succeed in an Open Source world How to make money with Open Source The challenges and risks of Open Source What are the major trends in mobile handset OS? Which OS platforms will be the most popular in 2009 and in 2013? What strategies are being adopted by the leading handset vendors? What does this mean? What is the future for proprietary OS? What mobile OS strategies are operators adopting?

n 2008, there were almost 162 million Smartphones sold, surpassing notebook sales for the first time. Just over 49% of Smartphones sold in 2008 were based on Symbian OS, a significant drop from a near 65% share it enjoyed one year earlier. While this is in large part due to the relatively poor performance of Nokias Smartphone range, it is also an indication of the popularity enjoyed by competing platforms including Linux, BlackBerry OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile, OS X iPhone and new entrant Android.

Openness is a key criterion, says Informa, while all in the mobile telecoms space now see the revenue potential of applications and services.

hybrid of Android and Chrome OS in 2012

blend of the best of Chrome and Android.

Relationship to Android

popular Android[46] and Google Chrome OS has put the company behind two open source, client-based operating system

Google has suggested that the two operating systems address different markets, mobile and personal computing,

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple Inc.

support other Apple devices such as the iPad and Apple TV

tablets in terms of screen size

detecting the dpi. (My phone dpi is 254, my tablet is 149) b

hinking about tablets in terms of whether or not you can place a phone call

Daum Cloud, which provides 50 gigabytes of storage for free and makes it possible for users to view photos and videos from the storage on TV – a similar mechanism

Kim Jee-hyun, director of Daum’s strategy division, painted a picture of bright horizons.

Samsung’s Bada smartphone OS,

optimized to the demands of the cable broadcasting companies.

LG CNS h

n Android OS-based product that allows cable

Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months,

Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS are in a statistical dead heat for second place

voice search

Google-powered devices account for 17.2% of the smartphone marke

plans are to increase voice search

Latest UK Smartphone Market Share Trends

January 12, 2011

Google’s mobile platform Android witnessed strong growth over the last 6 month and claimed 14.9% share of the UK smartphone market in October 2010