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February 17, 2010
Steve at MWC: Mobile Virtualization – a Gateway to Global Apps Stores
With the huge success of the Apple app store, and the strong emergence of the Android Market, and as many as 30 legacy applications stores in play, this week at MWC global players including Verizon , AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile, and Vodafone announced the “Wholesale Applications Community”. Also, Ericsson chose MWC to announce its agreement with a group of operators to launch eStore, yet another white label applications marketplace.
Both efforts are intended to reduce fragmentation in a dynamic applications marketplace that is projected to explode in 2010 (IDC). Consolidation and providing quality alternatives to the dominant applications channels are definitely good for consumers and for mobile ISVs. We see a key role for mobile visualization in this trend – enabling mobile devices to run more than one OS, and supporting invocation of applications in one guest OS from the UI of another (as on the Motorola Evoke). A virtualized phone would then give operators and users the option of drawing from multiple applications markets and foster cross pollination among developer communities.
Posted by Steve Subar on February 17 at 05:18 AM
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About Steve Subar:
Steve Subar, CEO and President of OK Labs, has been an honored leader in the technology industry for 20 plus years and has received several accolades for his work. Steve is an avid runner who can also be found communing with his surfboard in Bondi Beach, Australia; skiing the slopes of Beaver Creek, Colorado; or searching for the perfect Pinot Noir all over the world.