Mobile widgets set to change mobility scenario

DUBLIN, IRELAND: Mobile widgets are beginning to take over the mobile industry and will change the way we use our phones forever. Less than a decade ago our phones changed from portable telephones into mobile computing platforms providing us with a variety of information at our fingertips, the report says.

This paradigm shift has changed the industry in broad sweeping strokes. It has changed carriers, attracted software and hardware companies, even created its own standards for web development.

The largest of carriers are changing policy, rate plans, and network access to accommodate the growing market Software giants like Microsoft, Apple, Google, Sun, and others have millions of dollars invested in their mobile operating systems. Hardware manufacturers are finding new and innovative ways to make viewing and using our new mobile platforms more intuitive.

The exponential growth of this industry has turned it into a breeding ground of innovation, with new ideas being released to consumers almost daily. The marketplace and its leaders change year-by-year.

Only a short while ago, Motorola was the dominant force in the market Palm and the PalmOS used to dominate the mobile PDA OS space along with mobile widgets, now Palm ships many devices with Windows Mobile Apple took the industry by storm with their foray into the mobile space with the iPhone, and once again mobile widgets changed, the report says.