Mobile World Congress 2010 My review
- Few attended the congress: 49 000 compare to 2008 55 000
- The OS war is back: this will delight the software houses! They have, now, to develop for at least 3 to 5 OS for 1 application
- Windows 7, Bada: innovation?
- Android on the rise: At the end of every Android Developers conference the question was how many of you have an Android Phone, as there were only 20 to 30 that rose their hands. Android’s guys were giving away free Nexus One to all of the non-android users!
- App Planet: lots of mobile advertising / marketing companies / social interactions / IM / location based services – met interesting mobile betting and paid gaming company spin3- saw only 1 company dealing with medical applications – none on the business side
- LTE: Up – WiMAX: Down
Note: One Web Any device isn’t it the beginning of the end for them?
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Did u get a Nexus?
What’s your personal take on this OS war? Do you think Android will be more ubiquitous than WM7 in the next couple of years?
Unfortunately I did not get a Nexus, they were not giving it for free the last day…I think there will be at least two world in the OS the device manufacturer led (OVI, Apple, Rim)and the pure player (WM7, Android, Linux based). Apple will lead the manufacturer and Android the pure OS players. Android will definitely be more ubiquitous than WM7. Check this presentation for more information: http://www.slideshare.net/distimo/distimo-mobile-world-congress-2010-presentation-mobile-application-stores-state-of-play
I think the question is not about Android ubiquity. Rather it is “when?”. There are more than 50 devices planned with Android coming in this year across all manufacturers, to be deployed over 76 carriers (google data). And the trend is growing…