mobile industry

THE 451 GROUP: "We delve into this question and look at how mobile Linux and a general move toward openness in the mobile industry are coinciding with the disruption of Apple's iPhone and resulting mobile combat with other heavyweights."

Intranet Journal: "So where is the problem then? Well, I had to take this on myself rather than seeing anyone from either the Linux desktop or mobile industry providing a solution that, honestly, should have been made more readily available to their users interested in migrating to desktop Linux without diving into an enterprise-level service."

Forbes: "Forget the iPhone. The real battle in the mobile industry is over open-source software..."

In recent years, we've seen the entertainment industry suddenly embrace mobile as a platform, incorrectly believing that its more locked-down nature would mean that it wouldn't face the same "threats" (which they should see as opportunities) of file sharing and open networks and services.

However, as is always the way, more open systems are catching on and getting more usage, and more closed systems are having trouble getting traction.

Rather than embracing that, however, it appears Nokia is pushing to hold back the tide.