Mobile operating systems

SUMMARY

Symbian, Microsoft, Palmsource and new entrants Montavista and SavaJe areamongst the players currently competing for a top spot in the fast growingsmartphone and PDA phone platform market.

With smartphone sales surging in Europe, fuelled by the launch of new modelsfrom Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Microsoft's Smartphone (built by HTC), it isclear that mobile operating systems are set to play an ever increasing role inthe future of mobile services.

Do you have the business intelligence you need to successfully invest in thisdeveloping sector?

Mobile operating systems, a new executive briefing from the publishers of 3GMobile newsletter, is your complete guide to Mobile OS market and advancedapplication platforms. The report supplies an insightful overview of the market,its players and products, allowing you to get up-to-date on all keydevelopments.

Mobile operating systems also enables you to asses the development strategiesand attitudes of key mobile players including Microsoft, Nokia, Motorola andSymbian, as well as providing a detailed assessment of the conditions requiredfor advanced mobile application development.

Why should you buy this report?

• As a mobile OS vendor, you will access primary market data on othervendor's products and invaluable information on your competitors
• As a handset manufacturer/ODM/OEM, you will identify software platforms forfuture terminals and benefit from clear indications of development and licensingcosts
• As an operator, you will gain access to unique information about handsetsoftware trends and likely future developments for mobile applications &services
• As a software company, you will be able to identify key target platforms foradvanced mobile applications and estimate the market potential of applicationsfor various mobile platforms
• As a technology stock analyst, you will gain insight into licensing costs ofmobile software and estimates of future revenues for PalmSource and Microsoft

• What operating systems are likely to dominate future mobile phones? Why?
• What are the main features and capabilities of new mobile OS?
• How much do mobile OS cost to implement and license? Is this viable for yourcompany?
• What mobile platforms should our applications run on/support in the future?
• How many users are using each mobile OS?
• What development tools and programming languages can be used to createadvanced mobile applications?
• How significant is Microsoft Smartphone for operators?
• How will the introduction of Linux affect the mobile OS market?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS OVERVIEW

• 1.1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.2 SYMBIAN
  • 1.2.1 SYMBIAN OS
  • 1.2.2 UIQ
  • 1.2.3 NOKIA SERIES 60 PLATFORM
  • 1.2.4 NOKIA SERIES 80 PLATFORM
• 1.3 MICROSOFT
  • 1.3.1 POCKET PC PHONE EDITION
  • 1.3.2 SMARTPHONE
  • 1.3.3 WINDOWS CE .NET
• 1.4 PALMSOURCE
  • 1.4.1 PALM
• 1.5 EMBEDDED LINUX
  • 1.5.1 MONTAVISTA LINUX CEE
  • 1.5.2 OTHER EMBEDDED LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS
• 1.6 SAVAJE TECHNOLOGIES
  • 1.6.1 SAVAJE OS
• 1.7 PROPRIETARY MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS

2 EXISTING MARKET SHARES AND FUTURE TRENDS

• 2.1 EXISTING MARKET SHARES
  • 2.1.1 SMARTPHONE SEGMENT
  • 2.1.2 PDA PHONE SEGMENT
• 2.2 OPERATING SYSTEM VENDOR MARKETING STRATEGIES
  • 2.2.1 SYMBIAN
  • 2.2.2 MICROSOFT
  • 2.2.3 PALMSOURCE
  • 2.2.4 EMBEDDED LINUX VENDORS
• 2.3 HANDSET MANUFACTURER STRATEGIES
  • 2.3.1 NOKIA
  • 2.3.2 MOTOROLA
  • 2.3.3 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
  • 2.3.4 SIEMENS
  • 2.3.5 SONY ERICSSON
  • 2.3.6 LG ELECTRONICS
  • 2.3.7 MATSUSHITA
  • 2.3.8 ALCATEL
  • 2.3.9 KYOCERA WIRELESS.
  • 2.3.10 BENQ
  • 2.3.11 COMPAL
  • 2.3.12 FUJITSU
  • 2.3.13 HANDSPRING
  • 2.3.14 HTC CORPORATION
  • 2.3.15 MITAC
  • 2.3.16 MITSUBISHI TELECOM
  • 2.3.17 NEC
  • 2.3.18 SAGEM
  • 2.3.19 SANYO
  • 2.3.20 SENDO
  • 2.3.21 SHARP
  • 2.3.22 TCL MOBILE
  • 2.3.23 TOSHIBA
• 2.4 PDA VENDOR STRATEGIES
• 2.5 OPERATOR STRATEGIES
  • 2.5.1 THE OPEN STANDARDS APPROACH
  • 2.5.2 PARTNERSHIPS WITH MICROSOFT
• 2.6 FUTURE TRENDS
  • 2.6.1 SYMBIAN OS VERSUS MICROSOFT SMARTPHONE
  • 2.6.2 NICHE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PALM OS
  • 2.6.3 THE CHALLENGE FROM LINUX
  • 2.6.4 JAVA-CENTRIC PLATFORMS FOR THE MASS MARKET
  • 2.6.5 CONCLUSIONS

3 COST OF LICENSING AND IMPLEMENTATION

• 3.1 MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM COST STRUCTURE
• 3.2 ESTIMATED COST OF IMPLEMENTATION
• 3.3 ESTIMATED ROYALTY COST PER UNIT
  • 3.3.1 PALM OS
  • 3.3.2 SYMBIAN OS
  • 3.3.3 OTHERS
• 3.4 BALANCING IMPLEMENTATION AND LICENSING COSTS

4 APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT

• 4.1 INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS
  • 4.1.1 OPEN MOBILE ALLIANCE
  • 4.1.2 JAVA COMMUNITY PROCESS
• 4.2 DEVELOPING FOR SYMBIAN OS
  • 4.2.1 PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS
  • 4.2.2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS AND TOOLS
  • 4.2.3 SYMBIAN DEVELOPER NETWORK
• 4.3 DEVELOPING FOR MICROSOFT SMARTPHONE
  • 4.3.1 PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS
  • 4.3.2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS AND TOOLS
  • 4.3.3 MICROSOFT DEVELOPER NETWORK
• 4.4 DEVELOPING FOR PALM OS
  • 4.4.1 PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS
  • 4.4.2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS AND TOOLS
  • 4.4.3 PALM OS DEVELOPER PROGRAM
• 4.5 DEVELOPING FOR EMBEDDED LINUX
  • 4.5.1 PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS
  • 4.5.2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KITS AND TOOLS
• 4.6 DEVELOPING MOBILE JAVA APPLICATIONS
  • 4.6.1 JAVA 2 PLATFORM, MICRO EDITION ARCHITECTURE
  • 4.6.2 CONFIGURATIONS
  • 4.6.3 PROFILES
  • 4.6.4 OPTIONAL PACKAGES
• 4.7 PROPRIETARY APPLICATION PLATFORMS
  • 4.7.1 DEVELOPING MOPHUN GAMES
  • 4.7.2 DEVELOPING BREW APPLICATIONS
• 4.8 BUILDING INTEROPERABLE APPLICATIONS

5 CASE STUDIES

• 5.1 NOKIA ? THE CHAMPION OF SYMBIAN OS
• 5.2 MOTOROLA ? CREATING A PLATFORM FOR J2ME
  • 5.2.1 EMBEDDED LINUX BEFORE SYMBIAN OS
  • 5.2.2 FUTURE SUPPORT FOR OTHER PLATFORMS
• 5.3 SAMSUNG ? HEDGING ITS BETS
• 5.4 HANDSPRING AND KYOCERA WIRELESS ? FOCUSING ON PALM OS
  • 5.4.1 HANDSPRING
  • 5.4.2 KYOCERA WIRELESS
• 5.5 HTC ? MANUFACTURING MICROSOFT SMARTPHONES
  • 5.5.1 ORANGE SPV
• 5.6 CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:02CV282 (DF) ? SENDO VERSUS MICROSOFT
  • 5.6.1 ALLEGATIONS FROM SENDO
  • 5.6.2 MICROSOFT\'S RESPONSE