Posts Tagged ‘iOS’

Today we learned about RIM’s new Blackberry BBX operating system, which carries the burden of turning around the sinking Blackberry ship. BBX goes against iOS and Android, as well as Windows Phone, which has not been doing too well either. iOS and Android are the envy of the industry and the examples of successful operating systems. They are being chased, and fortunately for them, their success isn’t fully understood yet.

Samsung could be acquiring the rights to WebOS to build a defense against Google’s Motorola acquisition and embarrass HP at the same time: Samsung could not possibly screw the old Palm crew more than HP did.

Android has made a huge jump in web browsing share this month. For the first time, Android is now ahead of iOS, but still well behind Symbian.

I hate to say we told you so. But pretty much since the very first day of this blog we have argued that Mozilla will not be able to survive on Firefox alone. Perhaps Mozilla had the same thoughts for some time as its chairman today said that Mozilla should build an “open source, standards-based engine for universally accessible, decentralized, customized, user-controlled management of personal information” that you can create yourself. Consider it Mozilla’s idea to counter closed user environments, especially iOS.

Oh, and Windows Phone 7 will pass the iPhone and WebOS is dead.

Apple iPad web browsing market share surpasses the nearest competitor by a factor of 53.

Apple’s iPad is coming into businesses at an impressive rate and a variety of vendors are or will be trying to bring Android based alternatives to market in order to protect their PC business. However, currently, Android partners appear to take an increasing risk of litigation if they develop for this platform and Android application developers may be equally exposed, because Google doesn’t take the effort to protect them.

There seems to be nothing that Microsoft can do to improve the perception and sales of its Windows operating system as the consumers are widely rejecting the platform.

Following IDC, Pyramid Research today said that it believes Microsoft will be able to topple Google’s smartphone market share within 2 years.

Smartphone shipments may have experienced the first sequential decline in 2 years, according to IHS iSuppli. Comscore reports that Android is widening its market presence.

Market research firm IHS iSuppli estimates that major mobile app stores will be able to increase their revenue by 78% this year.

Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are currently capturing headlines and the attention of consumers, but they may be less important in the future of the way mobile devices are created and sold. Operating systems will not matter anymore, according to Motorola.