Mobile Internet Platforms

The mobile internet is at the beginning of the explosion cycle and vendors are all clambering to dominate the market. The result of this as in all new technologies each company produces their own standards. Until the vendors agree on one standard then we need to develop apps according to their standards and frameworks.

To take advantage of the smartphone features of each of the vendors, each operating system of these smart phones requires a different coding method.

The following are the current mobile smartphone platforms:

Market Share Breakdown

Surprising figures out from Gartner show the market share in terms of smartphone unit sales in the first quarter of 2011. Most people expect Apple and the iPhone to be the leaders! This should play an important part of your decision.