Mozilla aims to break iOS-Android mobile axis
Browser maker is approaching the mobile challenge head on by developing its Firefox OS, improving Web app development tools, and turning the Internet into a universal appstore.
Browser maker is approaching the mobile challenge head on by developing its Firefox OS, improving Web app development tools, and turning the Internet into a universal appstore.
Emerging markets present large, untapped market of non-smartphone users, which two mobile operating system makers say smaller companies can look to carve niche in.
Jolla, which comprises former key execs from Nokia's MeeGo N9 department, says it will continue "world's best smartphone product" with a product launch later this year.
Browser maker plans HTML 5-based mobile ecosystem to power smartphones with "attainable prices", with support from seven European carriers as well as ZTE and TCL Communication so far.
X.commerce platform, together with payments functions from PayPal which the e-commerce giant owns, provide good "synergies" but market won't be dominated by a single player, analyst observes.
Apple's iOS may be main money-making app platform now but better Web technology and more engaging mobile ads will swing momentum toward multi-platform apps, note industry watchers.
Analyst says any moves to restrict phone manufacturers, which have been differentiating their handsets through customized user interfaces, to uniformed user interface will not be widely accepted. But, one OEM thinks otherwise.
Developers should bet on Android, games, navigation and music, to reap returns, suggest industry watchers, who say business apps can also prove viable.