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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.

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

BBC spent £5.7 million in setting up the BBC iPlayer prior its launch.

BC iPlayer project has total incremental development costs of £4.8 million over four years 

incremental cost to maintain the BBC iPlayer is approximately £4 million per annum

10% to the overall audience for popular shows like Torchwood.

2% of views from iPlayer,

17% for CBBC show MI High.

attempt to break into the smartphone market

Intel's 15 largest acquisitions

n every one, Intel later shut down or sold off the acquired products

Smartphones rely on two main chips -- an application processor, which oversees the phone's basic functions, and a baseband processor, which lets the phone communicate with other gadgets.

several other ARM chipmakers already have done, he said, Intel would likely merge both processors

Infineon unit makes chips for smartphones

Roku has raised $24 million from Wood, Netflix and Menlo.

he company is devising revenue-sharing agreements for developers who can sell subscriptions on the service or charge per product like Amazon.com.

platform manages and delivers digital media

New Venture Partners and BT formed io global after five years development in BT’s Research Laboratories

Amazon.com’s deep discounting

deluxe art book containing more than 50 pages of art,

Amoeba arose out of that community of music lovers that wanted a better place for music than a corporate chain store

Orchestrated Media” t

consumers are adding video consumption platforms (mobile, Internet) to their weekly viewing schedule, rather than replacing TV,

2.7% of the total TV time per month involved simultaneous Internet access

always on’, 24/7 digital world demands a fresh appr

gencies to be “always on

“Agencies have to understand that brands are ‘always

We’ve tracked our real-time water cooler, dubbed the “Bravo Talk Bubble,” and found that it has delivered a 10% lift to The Real Housewives of New York

Nederlands 3, a Dutch public broadcaster. Its TV Lab airs and stre

sks viewers to vote and share their impressions, which are recorded in real time and displayed online fo

pp developer can now add Audioboo recording functionality to their app

number of high profile media partners

BBC, ABC Australia, Guardian, Aljazeera, Sky New