A recent news about the collaboration between microsoft/nokia made the headlines the MWC 2011
What is the OS war all about?
Frankly speaking the mobile wars are shifting to an OS wars, were there are a plethora of players. Google with its Android, Apple with its IOS, Nokia with Symbian, Microsoft with Windows phone, HP with Web OSand RIm with blackberry os are the key players. Now, Like apple, RIM and nokia the hardware and the software producers, Google and Windows only provide the software. The various other Hardware manbufactures either use one ofthese software available. The OS market has been lucrative and as well as the app market associated with each OS. This is one of hte few domain in the IT industry which is not dominated by a couple of big players, but is a competetive field.
What is there in for Customers?
Good competetion leads to better products, OS will continue to improve
Windows Ph will be better with a nokia push
better Os will lead to better applications
Nokia will have a better go at apple with only hardware focus
Who are the clear loosers?
All the symbian fans, which was simply The OS for more than a decade.
Intel - thought of enterig the mobile market late through meego. Now most of the mobile chips are made my ARM or the Qualcomm.
As a symbian fan, I m disappointed, but hope for a better OS in the future.
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