Comments on: Gartner sees handset market continuing to grow, change http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/08/07/gartner-sees-handset-market-continuing-to-grow-change/ All About Mobile 2.0 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Benjamin Wesson http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/08/07/gartner-sees-handset-market-continuing-to-grow-change/comment-page-1/#comment-420677 Benjamin Wesson Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:16:01 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/?p=3600#comment-420677 Device manufacturers need to go open-source if they’re to continue making a healthy profit. If handset sales do decline in mature markets, these companies need to give their customers something extra, and you only need to look at iPhone to see that new and genuinely useful applications could be a big part of the solution. However, despite Android and iPhone kick-starting more rapid innovation in the mobile space – with Symbian now following suit – it is still too hard for applications developers to get on board and start developing on some devices. In an ideal world, developers would presumably like their apps to work across multiple devices and operating systems, but if this is too hard to achieve, then they’ll likely prioritise the ones that are easiest to work with, which could lead to other manufacturers getting left behind. Device manufacturers need to go open-source if they’re to continue making a healthy profit. If handset sales do decline in mature markets, these companies need to give their customers something extra, and you only need to look at iPhone to see that new and genuinely useful applications could be a big part of the solution.

However, despite Android and iPhone kick-starting more rapid innovation in the mobile space – with Symbian now following suit – it is still too hard for applications developers to get on board and start developing on some devices. In an ideal world, developers would presumably like their apps to work across multiple devices and operating systems, but if this is too hard to achieve, then they’ll likely prioritise the ones that are easiest to work with, which could lead to other manufacturers getting left behind.

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