At the Symbian Smartphone Show last week, S60's Lee Williams was announced as the Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation. Right after that, in an exclusive interview for All About Symbian, he sat down with Rafe and Ewan to talk in more depth about the plans for the Foundation, and to discuss what he brings to the table.
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Didn't he used to be in Deacon Blue?
Hooligooner wrote:Didn't he used to be in Deacon Blue?
I'm sure there's a tactful joke in there about 'Dignity,' but I'll let it pass. But yes, the likeness is uncanny here, although in real life it is less pronounced.
There's an article on digg about how the demand for iPhone apps developers have gone up 5 fold recently. http://digg.com/apple/Demand_for_iPhone_Developers_Upn500
You can check out the stats page directly here at http://odesk.com/trends/iphone
Does this mean that the future of smart phone apps are in OUR hands now, and not a room of cubes at Nokia?
No. iPhone, whether you think its great, good, middling etc ctc., targets one part of the market (10%?).
The Symbian Foundation will enable phones that target a much, much larger part of the market (50+%).
Still you could argue there's things the foundation could learn about dealing with developers / distribution etc. But it is rarely as simple as people think.