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Table 4.1
A Summary of Elements and Strategies for Main Mobile Development
Platforms
Main
Constituents
Main
Strategies
Main Gate-Keeping
Roles
Platform
Apple
iPhone-iPod-iPad +
OS X
App Store
iTunes
SDK
Closed model with
tight control over
hardware, software
and applications
Development environ-
ment
Provisioning/brokerage
Charging and billing
Nokia
10
Nokia devices
Ovi
Symbian / SDK
Increasingly open
model with control of
software and hard-
ware development
Development environ-
ment
Provisioning/brokerage
Google
Devices by other
manufacturers
11
Android marketplace
Android / SDK
Open model with
control of software
development
Development environ-
ment
Profi le/identity/context
Provisioning/brokerage
RIM
BlackBerry
BlackBerry Store
RIM / SDK
Closed model with
tight control over
hardware, software
and applications
Development environ-
ment
Provisioning/brokerage
Charging and billing
Microsoft
Devices by other
manufacturers
Windows Marketplace
Windows Mobile /
SDK
Closed model with
tight control over
software development
Development environ-
ment
Linux
Linux for mobile
Open model with loose
control over software
development
Development environ-
ment
Sun
J2ME
Relatively open model
with control over
software development
Development environ-
ment
Qualcomm
BREW
Closed model with
control over software
development
Development environ-
ment
Mobile
operators
in general
Mobile networks
Portals
Handsets subsidizing
Closed model with
control over hardware
and networks
Provisioning/brokerage
Profi le/identity/context
Charging and billing
Finally, from the mobile operators' perspective a common theme is the
creation of platforms with application programming interfaces (APIs) that
developers can use to tap into the network's intelligence and services. This
would enable the creation of applications that can exploit the network's
location information, subscriber personalization preferences or billing
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