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Too Many Mobile OS’s

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, March 12th, 2007 at 9:32 PM

Mobile Phone OS

Wireless carriers prefer less choice when it comes to what operating systems are powering the phones used on their networks. There are just too many options for mobile phone operating systems out there. And that’s a pretty big headache for wireless carriers/operators. Vodafone is leading the push to reduce the number of mobile operating systems currently being used on handsets to just Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Linux.

Arun Sarin, CEO-Vodafone cites "easier content delivery" as the main reason to reduce the number of operating systems used on mobile phones.

About The Author

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...