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SlashData Team
Oct 9, 20084 min read
Why did Nokia really acquire Symbian ?
[Why did Nokia really acquire Symbian for? Research Director Andreas Constantinou digs beyond the surface to analyse why the Symbian deal...
SlashData Team
Sep 29, 20085 min read
Symbian’s open source challenge
[Will Symbian learn from the iPhone as it transitions to open source? Guest blogger Roger Nolan looks at the challenges iPhone presents...
SlashData Team
Sep 24, 20083 min read
The darker side of Android
[Can an open Android result in a closed phone? Research Director Andreas Constantinou explains why this will not be the exception, but...
SlashData Team
Sep 10, 20085 min read
Capuchin: Sony Ericsson strikes back in the Application Environment…is it a strike? What does
[SonyEricsson is promoting a new Application Environment mixing Java ME and Adobe Flash Lite: Capuchin. Blogger Thomas Menguy tries to...
SlashData Team
Aug 29, 20084 min read
Intel buying OpenedHand: Yet another platform? Or the rise of a credible mobile alternative?
[Intel is moving fast toward MID: Mobile Internet Devices, and just bought an open-source mobile centric company: OpenedHand… blogger...
SlashData Team
Aug 26, 20084 min read
Application Environments: Order from Chaos
[Flash, Web Runtime, OSX, widgets, Java engines, Python.. the array of software platforms is chaotic to say the least. Research Director...
SlashData Team
Jul 30, 20082 min read
Announcing the Mobile Industry Atlas
(see visionmobile.com/maps for the latest Edition of the Mobile Industry Atlas) After many months in the making, we ‘re announcing the...
SlashData Team
Jul 21, 20083 min read
Carnival of the Mobilists #133
Welcome to the 133rd edition of the Carnival of the Mobilists! This week’s Carnival is hosted by VisionMobile. This week there are quite...
SlashData Team
Jul 21, 20083 min read
The 7 centres of gravity in mobile
[The first half of 2008 took the mobile industry by storm.. Nokia+Trolltech+Symbian, Android, BREW+Flash, Adobe Open Screen, LiMo...
SlashData Team
Jul 1, 20083 min read
Purple Labs + Openwave: the open source battleground intensifies
[Purple who? Research Director Andreas Constantinou analyses the recent acquisition of Openwave’s client business by Purple Labs and how...
SlashData Team
Jun 24, 20086 min read
Nokia and Symbian to become one; royalty-free, open source roadmap
[Nokia celebrates Symbian’s 10 year anniversary with an acquisition and a royalty-free, open source roadmap for S60. Research Director...
SlashData Team
Jun 6, 20083 min read
Revenue models in open source: a guide
[True, there are no textbooks on making money from open source, so how do you go about it? Research Director Andreas Constantinou...
SlashData Team
Jun 2, 20081 min read
Mobile Developer Survey – live
We ‘ve just launched a new survey for mobile application developers. If you ‘ve programmed for BREW, S60, UIQ, Android, Windows Mobile,...
SlashData Team
May 27, 20084 min read
How different is the iPhone 3G revenue model?
The iPhone has created a revolution and has changed the mobile landscape significantly more than any other handset. Surprisingly, it is...
SlashData Team
May 20, 20085 min read
Value Quadrants: understanding value creation in mobile
[how are the revenue models changing in the mobile industry? Research Director, Andreas Constantinou introduces Value Quadrants, a tool...
SlashData Team
May 4, 20082 min read
Community dynamics in mobile open source
[How do open source communities work? Research Director Andreas Constantinou discusses how community dynamics can be mapped and better...
SlashData Team
Apr 18, 20083 min read
Watchlist: The 100 million club
We ‘ve just launched the 100 million club: the watchlist of software companies whose products have been embedded on more than 100...
SlashData Team
Apr 14, 20086 min read
Making money on the last mile: Introducing Channel ARPU
[Has the industry been expecting too much from data ARPU? Research Director Andreas Constantinou revisits Channel ARPU as a new way of...
SlashData Team
Mar 30, 20088 min read
UI Technologies are trendy…but what are they really good for?
[UI development flow and actors: Graphical Designer, Interaction Designer, Software Engineer, classical technologies: GTK, Qt, next...
SlashData Team
Mar 27, 20088 min read
The perils of managing 3rd party software: do's and don'ts
[All consumer electronics, mobile and software companies have to in-source third party software – but the perils and complexities of...
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