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10 months ago

in Is an era of open-ness in mobile upon us? on The Equity Kicker
Nic in what way is Android or iPhone more open than Symbian or Microsoft Mobile 5/6 Pocket PC Phone Edition & Smartphone OS ?

Lets see what happens with Android Market Store but what is new in terms of the iPhone is that initially Mobile Operators were prepared to share some voice/data revenues with Apple and allow Apple to deliver apps via App Store - however in terms of the former since the launch of the 3G version the old subsidised device model is back and Apple is focused on bigger volume targets.

In terms of the iPhone yes you can download and SDK and develop tightly controlled apps for the closed OS that Apple uses on the device ! The lack of support for Flash for instance is a clear example of a closed proprietry approach.

You could argue that what has actually happened is that Apple has simply added another OS to the Smartphone mobile device segment increasing fragmentation. Granted both the Apple OS and Android are likely to move down to the mass market in due course as will Symbian Foundation.

10 months ago

in Is an era of open-ness in mobile upon us? on The Equity Kicker
Google Android Open ? Apple iPhone Open ? I think relatively closed is a better description.

10 months ago

in UK band makes money because of piracy on The Equity Kicker
Nic spot on !

On another subject can you think of a way for Chelsea to accomodate all of the following in the starting 11 : Deco , Ballack , Lampard , Joe Cole , Essien , Robinho and Drogba ? ( we need at least 1 golakeeper and 3 defenders)
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