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Operating Systems Used in Embedded Systems - Voume 5: Mobile Software Stack
VDC Research Group, Inc. , Oct 2008, Pages: 55
VDC Research Group is pleased to announce the release of new research on the worldwide market for the mobile software stack. This research covers key mobile/handset embedded software including operating systems, browsers, development environments and user interface platforms. This research is an invaluable tool for any organization supporting, developing or evaluating the mobile software stack, especially in the context of today’s rapidly changing market dynamics.
Research Highlights
Standardizing on software platforms as a measure to control costs – especially as mobile software as a percent of handset BOM is expected to increase from 12% to 30% over next 36 months – was a central theme among organizations participating in the mobile software market. Among the key success requirements to address these market pressures for organizations are greater ease of use of development tools, improved processes and documentation (especially for open-source solutions), availability of scalable and secure standards-based components while permitting the freedom to add value and differentiate through customizable solutions.
Some of the leading mobile software stack trends evidenced and analyzed include:
Industry momentum of open sourced solutions and consolidated Linux platforms:
- The launch of the first Android phone, availability of over twenty LiMo phones coupled with the opening up of the Symbian OS is fueling the shift to open source at the operating system level. o Microsoft’s response will be critical to its long term staying power in this market.
Creating value in the face of increased commoditization of core mobile software components:
- Mobile operating system functionality and certain middleware functionality will continue to be commoditized due to the trend toward open sourced solutions. Much of the fundamental OS functionality has been commoditized by consortiums such as OHA and LiMo and increasingly it is becoming more difficult to provide differentiation in the middleware layer as well.
- Open source Projects such as GTK and webkit are making basic system UI drivers and compartmentalized UI experiences a must have. This new phase of disruption in the middleware layer is already affecting the On Device Portal (ODP) market which is being forced to reinvent itself
Opportunities to optimize mobile software offerings around these constraints:
- Over the air synchronization and updates
- Applications and browser optimized for networks
- Integrated stacks optimized for hardware platforms
- Speech recognition
- Multimedia
Impact of virtualization on mobile software and operating systems:
- The primary benefits of virtualization are far reaching. Critical to this community is the ability to reuse code and standardize software platforms – one of the major issues impacting the mobile handset market in the past – virtualization could enable.
- Further, security benefits and the ability to partition the guest OS are expected to be important drivers to other communities.
Report Statistics:
Market Forecast Coverage: 2007-2013
Number of Slides: 55
Number of Exhibits: 76
Vendor Profiles: 18
Phone Survey Sample: 34
Web Survey Sample: Mobile Developers: 256
Report Scope:
Mobile Computer Form Factors
- Smartphones
- Feature phones
- Low-Cost Phones
- PDAs
- Mobile Internet Devices (MID)
Regional Markets
- Americas
- EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa)
- Asia-Pacific
Software Markets
- Application OS
- Real-Time OS
- Middle ware
- Java Environments
- Browsers
- Virtualization
Industry Structure Overview
- Technical value chain
- Sales and support channels
- Industry associations and standards
- Key regulatory issues
- Mergers and acquisitions
Competitive Analysis
- Supplier share analysis
- Trends and changes in the ecosystems
- Supplier profiles
Mobile Developer Analysis
- Wireless protocol, OS and software platform support
- OS and software platform selection and experiences
- Development environment support and selection
- Development environment priorities/experiences
- Security
- Mobile solution development program performance
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