The World Market for Mobile Handset Operating Systems - 2009 Edition

The World Market for Mobile Handset Operating Systems - 2009 Edition published by IMS Research in May, 2009. This report consists of 83 PAGES (including 15 tables and figures) and the price starts from US $ 6380.

Introduction

The increases in mobile data and application use in recent years have highlighted the importance of the mobile handset OS across the mobile handset industry. With the creation of multiple royalty-free platforms and numerous application distribution channels, business models in the OS market are changing as well. Additionally, falling chip prices have created a class of full featured RTOS based mobile handsets. This report examines how trends in the smartphone OS, RTOS, and mobile application markets are altering the mobile handset landscape.

The report features detailed analysis of the smartphone OS market, the real time operating system (RTOS) market, and the broader mobile OS ecosystem, including the following:

• Analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) relevant to each of the major smartphone operating systems.
• SWOT analysis of the commercially available RTOS solutions for mobile handsets.
• Worldwide forecasts for mobile handset shipments by tier and region.
• Worldwide forecasts for smartphone OS shipments to 2014.
• An examination of the developer communities and application distribution channels for each key smartphone OS.
• Thorough analysis of the royalty-based licensing, proprietary, and open source business models used by OS providers in the market today.
• Breakdown of the emerging trends in the OS ecosystem, including application portability, embedded virtualization, mobile handset security, mobile browsing, and user interface (UI).

The report will quantify and analyze the current worldwide market for mobile handset operating systems, including the following segmentation:

By Handset Tier

• Smartphone
• Feature Rich
• Basic Feature
• Ultra-Low Cost

By Smartphone Operating System

• Apple OS X
• LiMo Platform
• Microsoft Windows Mobile
• OHA Android
• Palm Garnet
• Palm WebOS
• RIM - Blackberry OS
• Symbian

By License Type

• Open Source OS
• Commercially Licensed OS
• Proprietary OS

By Geographic Region

• Asia
• Americas
• Europe
• Middle East & Africa
• World

Chapter 1 - Introduction, Scope and Methodology

Chapter 2 - Mobile Handset Operating Systems Overview

• 2.0 Introduction
• 2.1 The Role of the Mobile Handset Operating System
• 2.2 The Mobile Handset Software Stack
  • 2.2.1 Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
  • 2.2.2 Smartphone Operating Systems
• 2.3 The Evolution of the Mobile Handset OS

Chapter 3 - Smartphone Operating Systems

• 3.0 Introduction
• 3.1 Smartphone OS Business Models
  • 3.1.1 Commercially Licensed Smartphone Operating Systems
  • 3.1.2 Proprietary Smartphone Operating Systems
  • 3.1.3 Open Source Smartphone Operating Systems
• 3.2 Smartphone OS Market Analysis
  • 3.2.1 Apple - OS X
  • 3.2.2 Limo Foundation - LiMo Platform
  • 3.2.3 Microsoft - Windows Mobile
  • 3.2.4 Open Handset Alliance - Android
  • 3.2.5 Palm - Garnet and WebOS
  • 3.2.6 Research in Motion - Blackberry OS
  • 3.2.7 Symbian Foundation - Symbian

Chapter 4 - Real Time Operating Systems

• 4.0 Introduction
• 4.1 Mentor Graphics
• 4.2 ENEA
• 4.3 Linux Based Real Time Operating Systems
• 4.4 Other Commercial RTOS Solutions
• 4.5 Commercial RTOS Market Outlook
• 4.6 Commercial RTOS Market Shares

Chapter 5 - Market Forecasts

• 5.0 Introduction
• 5.1 Mobile Handset Shipments by Tier
• 5.2 Smartphone OS Shipments
• 5.3 Regional Analysis

Chapter 6 - Mobile Handset Operating System Ecosystem

• Introduction
• 6.1 Application Development and Distribution
• 6.2 Virtualization
• 6.3 Security
• 6.4 Mobile Browsers
• 6.5 User Interface

*Full table of contents can be obtained upon the request of sample pages.

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