The Open Source OS research found that operating systems and the applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and a key factor in the choice of which handset to choose from by users. According to Juniper Research, the last three years has seen a revolution in the OS market with market leader Symbian moving to open source and Apple leading the way in the distribution of Applications through their innovative, but now widely copied, Apple App Store approach.
The move to open-source OS has also encouraged developers to design new and attractive applications and with over 60 percent of the OS market is now based on open-source, and a sizeable pool of software design talent out there, there is a massive opportunity for innovation, according to Juniper Research.
However, the real key isn't whether the OS is open-source, but whether it’s easy for a developer to design an application and make money from that effort, the group adds. The combined changes of Apple’s open route to the market and LiMo, OHA and Symbian’s open-source OS approach have generated a tidal wave-like effect which even the economic downturn has been unable to reverse.
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