Spillikins #6 – Recovering from a vacation
Mobile-review have posted part 6 of their Spillikins article. Here is an excerpt from the article.
The bottom line is this: for developers, the platform is a tool which they will use to create custom software, including that with open source code (should they decide to do that). And this platform will not affect license fees paid by companies employing this OS in their devices. That is, phone makers that manufacture Symbian smartphones will still have to pay for every device they churn out – nothing has changed on this front. The thing is, Nokia is just getting ready to clash with its main rival – Google. And the reports I’ve received from the “frontline” are pretty exciting: Google is currently engaged in negotiations with TeleAtlas and Nokia is rushing to integrate its own solutions into as many devices as possible. Also they are in the process of persuading Yahoo to let them use Yahoo’s services so as to counter Google, but they aren’t really enthusiastic about this deal. Plus, when it comes to local markets, Nokia has been trying to avoid Google’s search engine by all means. So while everybody is gossiping about some vaporous rivalry between Microsoft and Google, Nokia is accumulating resources and allies to take on the latter in the years to come. And it’s no wonder that Google understands that, so in fact their Android platform is more an attempt to set up an environment and proper media impact on the market, rather than deliver real phones. For Google it all started with services and now they are moving towards mobile devices, whereas Nokia is headed in the opposite direction. The moment the ways of these two giants cross there will be a big explosion, as it’s very unlikely that they will be able to share the market in a peaceful manner. I suppose in a couple of years all symptoms of this rivalry will surface, as it’s the major trend on today’s market.
The bottom line is this: for developers, the platform is a tool which they will use to create custom software, including that with open source code (should they decide to do that). And this platform will not affect license fees paid by companies employing this OS in their devices. That is, phone makers that manufacture Symbian smartphones will still have to pay for every device they churn out – nothing has changed on this front. The thing is, Nokia is just getting ready to clash with its main rival – Google. And the reports I’ve received from the “frontline” are pretty exciting: Google is currently engaged in negotiations with TeleAtlas and Nokia is rushing to integrate its own solutions into as many devices as possible. Also they are in the process of persuading Yahoo to let them use Yahoo’s services so as to counter Google, but they aren’t really enthusiastic about this deal. Plus, when it comes to local markets, Nokia has been trying to avoid Google’s search engine by all means. So while everybody is gossiping about some vaporous rivalry between Microsoft and Google, Nokia is accumulating resources and allies to take on the latter in the years to come. And it’s no wonder that Google understands that, so in fact their Android platform is more an attempt to set up an environment and proper media impact on the market, rather than deliver real phones. For Google it all started with services and now they are moving towards mobile devices, whereas Nokia is headed in the opposite direction. The moment the ways of these two giants cross there will be a big explosion, as it’s very unlikely that they will be able to share the market in a peaceful manner. I suppose in a couple of years all symptoms of this rivalry will surface, as it’s the major trend on today’s market.
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