Kenmore, WA, March 18, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Today, Open Mobile Solutions (OMS), the business to business marketplace for the mobile application lifecycle, announced its panelist line-up for the first OMS Developer Pitch Sessions series being held as part of “Apps World” at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010®. In each of the hour-long pitch sessions, five selected mobile app creators will present their mobile application to a distinguished panel of industry experts, who will provide meaningful feedback in one of four functional areas..
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA: London and San Francisco – 15 February 2010 - Symbian today revealed that ideas submitted to the Symbian Ideas web site are already being realised as platform enhancements and innovative applications.
Developers don’t actually care about mobile operating systems; they just want to reach people, said Jai Jaisimha, CEO of Open Mobile Solutions. Likewise, consumers buy devices based on their functionality, not the OS. With these two truths in mind, Jaisimha left his post as a vice president for AOL Mobile in the summer to start OMS, an open-source initiative aimed at making it easier for developers to build apps that can run on as many devices as possible.
Apple is to closed what Google is to open. This was always thought to be a common understanding among wireless developers, but — as it turns out — the dichotomy isn't that clear. From the point of view of a developer charged with prioritizing dozens of application stores and standing out among hundreds of thousands of other developers, openness takes on different meanings. And while it has certainly opened doors, it has also opened up a new set of challenges.