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Five defining traits of mobile open source

Open source software is one of the most hyped, misunderstood, feared and high impact phenomena in the software industry today. This paper analyses five traits which characterise open source software and its impact in the mobile industry, ranging from...

Mobile Software Management: Advances and Opportunities in Service Delivery

Based on interviews with 20+ companies in the mobile space, the report reviews 8 vendor solutions, 11 software management technologies, and 3 operator cases, and concludes with highlighting the winners and losers in the market. Reviews include...

Activating the Idle Screen: Uncharted Territory

In 2007, the idle screen is becoming the epicentre of commercial efforts to facilitate the access, discovery, search and advertising of mobile services. A dozen or more commercial products in this Active Idle Screen (AIS) technology domain, from...

Mobile Operating Systems: The New Generation

An independent research paper on the complex new world of operating systems, user interface frameworks and application execution environments, from Adobe to Windows...

Firmware Over-The-Air: From Hype to Reality

An independent research paper on the state of the FOTA market, with reviews of key vendors , detailed technology analysis and market forecasts to 2008...