1 / 12

The Rise of Open Source Mobile OS May 13, 2013

The Rise of Open Source Mobile OS May 13, 2013. Randy Nunez Mobile Monday Detroit. The Mobile OS Battle Has Been Won. Android and iOS hold 90+% market share Microsoft (Windows Phone) and BlackBerry (BB10) are battling for their share

mili
Download Presentation

The Rise of Open Source Mobile OS May 13, 2013

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Rise of Open Source Mobile OSMay 13, 2013 Randy Nunez Mobile Monday Detroit

  2. The Mobile OS Battle Has Been Won • Android and iOS hold 90+% market share • Microsoft (Windows Phone) and BlackBerry (BB10) are battling for their share • Symbian, webOS, Meego, and bada have faded into the sunset… Or has it???????????

  3. Suddenly…Open Source Mobile OS Platforms Appear

  4. Firefox OS • Developed by Mozilla • Linux-based OS • HTML 5 applications can communicate directly with hardware through JavaScript and web APIs • Focused on ‘open standards’ • Support from OEMs like Sony, Huawei, LG, and ZTE and carriers such as Sprint, T-Mobile, and Telefonica Keon and Peak launched by Spanish startup Geeksphone

  5. Sailfish • Developed by Jolla • Linux-based derived from MeeGo OS (Nokia) • Home screen of ‘live tiles’ (like Windows Phone) • Multi-tasking w/o jumping out of apps • Can run Android-based apps • First phone planned May 2013

  6. Ubuntu Touch • Developed by Canonical • Mobile version of popular Linux-based PC OS • Docked to a screen and keyboard, it becomes a desktop PC • Can be installed on several Nexus Android devices • First handset targeted for end of 2013

  7. Tizen • From Samsung Linux Platform (SLP) delivered within LiMo • Uses web technologies for app development • Backed by Samsung, Intel, Fujitsu, and Huawei • Devices scheduled for 3Q13

  8. Why? Emerging markets • China – 80% of users are still on 2G (upsell smartphone with 3G service) • India – Smartphones only 10%

  9. Why? Still lots of feature phones/cell phones • Although smartphones have finally surpassed cell phones worldwide (IDC), there are still lots of them • Some are targeting the underserved low-end market

  10. Why? OEM dependency on Android • OEMs don’t have many alternatives if Google gets more restrictive or starts charging for Android • Those depended on Android are beholden to the direction of the Google eco-system • Motorola – will they become most favored hardware?

  11. Which Will Succeed? Only time will tell…

  12. FIN

More Related