As Mobile Phones Grow More Complex, Carriers Insist on Fewer Operating
Systems
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| Fabrizio Capobianco, chief executive of Funambol, an open-source
| software company based in Redwood City, Calif., that has developed a
| highly popular e-mail program for mobile devices, said, "I don't
| see convergence of the operating systems happening anytime soon."
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| Citing Apple's new phone, Mr. Capobianco, who began as a
| technology entrepreneur in Italy, added, "Vodafone is trying to
| standardize by going with three operating systems, but now the
| iPhone is coming, so they will have to have at least four."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/technology/12wireless.html?ex=1331352000&en=57357e1cb48e68aa&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
http://tinyurl.com/36jcsk
You can't force industry and business users to just choose between vanilla
and vanilla white. It is clear that the customers -- unlike the vendors --
prefer customisation. People's needs differ.
Related:
Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010
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| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/
70 percent of smartphones use Symbian
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| At 3GSM it became clear that 70 percent of all smartphones use Symbian.
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| Linux accounts for 16.9 percent of the smartphone market and only
| 4.6 percent uses Microsoft Windows Mobile.
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http://www.dvhardware.net/article17134.html
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