Augmentedreality. And. iPhone. App store mania will further delay growth of browser-based appli. The app store delivery model--made popular by Apple but reinforced by the likes of RIM, Nokia, Palm, Microsoft, Android, Verizon Wireless and many more to come--has penetrated our high-end mobile devices and transformed the way we discover and obtain mobile applications.
Now, I am not here to debate the intricacies of the mobile storefront, as such a discussion warrants its own space, but rather to question whether the success and popularity of app stores puts a crimp into the migration to the browser-based application utopia that so many seek. At one point, perhaps three or four years ago, one could have argued that there would only be two or maybe three operating systems that would be in the mobile game. However, in just the past two years, the OS market has swelled with the addition of Mac OS X, Android and webOS. Smaato Mobile Advertising Award winners 2009 announced. Mobile 2.0, San Francisco, CA – October 16, 2009 – Smaato Inc., the leading mobile ad optimizer and mobile advertising company, is delighted to announce the winners of the Smaato Mobile Advertising Awards 2009 ( • Overall iPhone category winner: Waze • Overall Mobile web category winner: Flirtomatic • Overall Apps category winner: Aloqa • Microsoft Phone category winner: SPB TV • Motorola Android category winner: Aloqa Winners of the different categories were announced at the awards ceremony, which took place on October 15 in San Francisco, to recognize excellence in the world of mobile apps and the mobile web.
The awards ceremony in San Francisco attracted more than 200 of the world’s leading mobile developers, entrepreneurs, venture capital professionals and Investors. Smaato awarded the overall winners free travel to Barcelona and booth space at the Mobile World Congress 2010 as well as various opportunities for publicity. 4) Apps are the new fashion accessory!