A Look Ahead at 2011
Over the course of the next year I feel that you have as much of a chance of predicting the stock market as where the mobile industry is going to go. Yes, we all know dual-core smartphones and LTE are on the way but the unknown is how this technology is all going to be used. Here are my best overall predictions (guesses) for the upcoming year.
1) Android – Apple – Blackberry – Nokia – WP7 (In that order)
2) As more devices enter the market and faster network speeds are delivered to the consumer, developers who want to get their product to more phones in a more timely fashion will start taking advantage of web apps.
3) This last one is a prediction as well as something I hope for. Earlier this year we saw Microsoft embracing the ChevronWP7 unlocking tool by striking a deal with the developers to integrate it into the WP7 OS. With Android and Apple ahead of the pack, the rest of the OSes will need to make some dramatic changes to do their best at...