With Apple taking the coveted top spot in smart phone devices all the other companies are vying for the remaining spots. Some are doing better and others not so good.
Research in Motion with their new blackberry series, is emerging as a clear competitor for a runner up position. Others like Motorola are in a tough spot with no platform of their own.
Nokia has symbian which has been around for almost 10 years now. Their problem is that innovation, that drives this business, dwindled. This resulted in the loss of a huge lead they once commanded.
Samsung and LG are placing bets on Android and WinMobile platforms apart from their own proprietary platforms for low end phones.
Motorola under immense pressure to search for a platform have jumped into the Andrioid wagon which had another advantage of being "free".
Apart from a good platform, the next paradigm is the app store concept. Apple once again is the pioneer in this. The apple app store has been busy with all the iPhone aficionados flocking to get the next cool application downloaded to their phones.
RIM also has come up with Blackberry App World. How many apps will be downloaded here remains to be seen. Nokia has Ovi Store now although still in its infancy.
Here again manufacturers that chose Android might have an excuse for non innovation.
They can rely on Google's innovating minds and the Android store for downloading applications.
LiMo has a tough war to fight on two fronts. The platform and the applications. Succeeding on both may be hard to pull off.
