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Browser and email market attract new entrants on mobile thanks to open source
On 15, Jan 2008 | In Mobile, Open Source | By Marcia K
Companies like Wake3 and Funambol are starting to use open-source in the development of software for mobile computing devices. Open-source seems to be the perfect conduit to bring iPhone type browsing and e-mail to handheld devices. During a meeting of the Mobile Monday Silicon Valley group associates of Wake3, Funambol and Wind River noted the rise of open-source software on handsets. Wake3 is bringing the open-source WebKit mobile Web browser to Windows Mobile systems. “WebKit for Windows Mobile really is, in essence, a kind of iPhone browsing for Windows Mobile,” said Daniel Zucker, CTO of Wake3. He and an official at Wind River stressed the paradigm shift brought on by the iPhone. Instead of persons …
The wireless industry goes activist around Open Access
On 20, Jun 2007 | In Mobile, Open Source | By Marcia K
A collection of wireless industry entrepreneurs including former executives at Virgin Mobile USA, Zingy, Vindigo, Omnisky, PalmSource and Penthera, has urged the US FCC to follow the suggestions for open access put forward by Frontline for the upcoming spectrum auction. “One does not have to ask Comcast or Time Warner Cable or even Verizon’s DSL division for permission to launch a new product, service or device,” the coalition said in its letter to Martin. “To borrow the Nike slogan, you can ‘just do it’. In wireless, on the other hand, you can ‘just ask the Big 4’.” reports RCR News. Naturally, the carriers oppose this approach. Relevant Links Small Wireless Players back Frontline’s Open Access …
Google attacks the walled garden
On 29, Nov 2006 | In Business Models, Mobile, Open Source | By Marcia K
A few more stories like this might just make us think that the walled garden might finally tumble. Do the mobile operators use their market power – some might even call what they have a monopoly power – to block folks in the mobile content business from being able to distribute their content for free to everyone who wants it? You might think so but we could not possibly comment. Google on the other hand apparently has no problems with its executives commenting on this topic. Chris Sacca, a senior executive at Google in charge of special initiatives, criticized mobile phone operators for trying to prevent their users from accessing Internet applications, specifically Google Mobile …
