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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.

40 million download

300 million downloads a year, with 350,000 lectures offered by more than 1,000 universities around the world.

90% of its downloads are from outside the UK.

established an open platform, “Showtime”, that will allow developers to plug into the Zeebox world.

second screen applications would have to be cross platform and not just tied to one telco or broadcaster

HTML5 apps that can be added into the Zeebox platform

ambitious plan by Harbinger Capital Partners relies on deploying a Long Term Evolution network over spectrum owned by a few satellite companies

eate an open wholesale wireless network available to retail companies,

AT&T and Verizon could not buy up huge chunks of the network or spectrum to keep others off of it.

$30 trillion global payments market a

"FourthWall Media has deployed applications like eBay on TV,

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,

Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers

Android is designed primarily for smartphones and tablets, the open and customizable nature of the operating system allows it to be used on other electronics, including laptops and netbooks, smartbooks,[75] ebook readers,[76] and smart TVs (Google TV

Android is designed primarily for smartphones and tablets

. Samsung reports that from 5 million app downloa

second screens

defined APIs

oogle would really, really like to see the Federal Communications Commission open up a huge swath of unlicensed spectrum for mobile broadband

company's case for making more unlicensed spectrum available

Google senior policy counsel Rick Whitt o

This is the third in our series of six app-related articles. See also: • It’s all about the design. Essential tips from user experience gurus • Mobile applications: native v Web apps – what are the pros and cons? • What is a mobile Web app? Here’s expert opinion from the W3C • The open market approach: Q&A with GetJar, the No1 independent app store • How museums bring collections to life with augmented reality

will an iPhone app deliver return on investment (ROI)

ll you can do are some crude calculations based on the three numbers that Apple releases

company has also opened its first European office in the Silicon Roundabout area of east London

Sony has embarked on an ambitious challenge to Apple's iTunes,

based around the PlayStation 3

movies and songs

new way to think about TV

r current TV programming and the open web into a single, seamless entertainment experience.

Google Chrome and access to the entire Internet, you can easily navigate to thousands of websites to watch your favorite web videos, play Flash games, view photos, read movie reviews or chat with friends—all on the big screen.

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wo million units in the combined months of

, GameStop and Rockstar collaborated on a preorder bonus in

iTunes App Store, BlackBerry App World, Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store, Palm App Catalog and Windows Marketplace

size, store growth, the most popular applications

Free Vs. Paid Apps

Connected TVs are continuing to grow in popularity, with some analysts estimating over 100 million units will be shipped by 2012

LG and Brightcove opens up a new, global distribution channel

xpand the reach of some of the world’s most highly sought after online video