Your right about RIM but WM will be using OpenGL in their OS for WM7 so you will see all the same snazzy interface and similar gestures. Nokia given their position will surley do the same. Its only a matter of time before they are all a level playing field.
This assumes (or hopes) Apple won't make any improvements to iPhone OS and allow the competion to catch up.
This assumes (or hopes) Apple won't make any improvements to iPhone OS and allow the competion to catch up.
It's interesting that Apple is primarily a hardware maker but it's real competitive advantage is its software abilities. Something they give for "free" to their customers but not to their competitors via open source.
It kinda tells me that Symbian/S60 is of far far less value than OSX (or WM) and Nokia agrees with that assessment. Corporations "give" away IP when it suits thier purpose to be disruptive (IBM to Linux for example) or it's value has been degraded to the point it's of little remaining point to be closely held (Sun opensourcing Solaris after IBM helped make Linux enterprise grade).
Android stikes me as the former. Google pissing in Nokia's cheerios doesn't impact it's bottom line much and stirs the pot so it can create opportunities and partners for it's business model. Symbian the latter. Between the iPhone and Android the value of Symbian IP got cratered. Better to OpenSource now before declining royalty numbers makes it obvious.
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Your right about RIM but WM will be using OpenGL in their OS for WM7 so you will see all the same snazzy interface and similar gestures. Nokia given their position will surley do the same. Its only a matter of time before they are all a level playing field.
This assumes (or hopes) Apple won't make any improvements to iPhone OS and allow the competion to catch up.
This assumes (or hopes) Apple won't make any improvements to iPhone OS and allow the competion to catch up.
It's interesting that Apple is primarily a hardware maker but it's real competitive advantage is its software abilities. Something they give for "free" to their customers but not to their competitors via open source.
It kinda tells me that Symbian/S60 is of far far less value than OSX (or WM) and Nokia agrees with that assessment. Corporations "give" away IP when it suits thier purpose to be disruptive (IBM to Linux for example) or it's value has been degraded to the point it's of little remaining point to be closely held (Sun opensourcing Solaris after IBM helped make Linux enterprise grade).
Android stikes me as the former. Google pissing in Nokia's cheerios doesn't impact it's bottom line much and stirs the pot so it can create opportunities and partners for it's business model. Symbian the latter. Between the iPhone and Android the value of Symbian IP got cratered. Better to OpenSource now before declining royalty numbers makes it obvious.