BBC Blog Network

User Profile

mplomas

Listed below are comments made by mplomas between Tuesday, 24th June 2008 and Tuesday, 24th June 2008.

«Newer
Older»

Symbian - the battle for your mobile 4:29pm on 24 Jun 2008 I think that things are going to start getting very interesting over the coming months and years - the concept of smartphones as 'platforms' is nothing new - Windows Mobile and Symbian have been around for years, but no-one has really made much effort to foster a developer community and build a library of rich applications, and then connect the end-user with those applications.

Google and Apple are now doing exactly that - something that will add considerable value to their handsets. Clearly, both Nokia/Symbian and Microsoft have allot of work to do to really push the power of their respective platforms - the question is, are developers going to be willing to spend time developing applications for /all/ those platforms in a 'post-Java' world, and will the iPhone have a lead advantage as the first to get a 'developer supported' platform to market?

«Newer
Older»

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites