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iPhone, BlackBerry Won’t Last Another Five Years – Kaspersky

By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of a popular antivirus company, said at a Infosec that closed operating systems, like iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone, won’t last in the long run because they don’t embrace open-source, like Android and Symbian do. That’s an awfully heavy-handed statement, considering the ample success of iPhone and BlackBerry these days, though Android certainly provides a case for successful open-source mobile operating systems.

At the same conference, Kaspersky has has reiterated their coverage of mobile phone viruses which, though currently nonexistant, could become a worry as smartphones gain marketshare and operating systems become bigger and introduce more security gaps. Security aside, I have problems imaging Apple having trouble selling just about anything to consumers, and will more than likely last more than five years. Even with a closed-source OS, iPhone has managed to woo an insane amount of developers, and BlackBerry isn’t doing too badly either. Sorry, Kaspersky, but I think you won’t find a lot of people on your side on this one.

[via Network World]

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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.

  • Lee Jin

    iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian and even webOS will still be around in 5 years.

    The platform that will disappear is Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7. It is technically inferior, and is being released to market before it is finished. The missing features will make it uncompetitive against the competition. It will get wiped out in the first round.

  • Peter Tosh

    I sure hope WebOS is still around. I believe iPhone & BlackBerry will start to fade though just like Eugene Kaspersky, but maybe not 5 years. I love my Apple stock right before a new release though.

    Legalize it.

  • Rob

    I agree, RIM seems to push what RIM wants to the phones, like no to Javascript? And iPhone hates Flash! They will both figure out soon that it is about what the users want and the users will go where they have the most fun, Thats Android and anything Open!