Monday, April 14, 2008

Mobile Applications, RIP

Sometimes, Somebody have to call a Spade a Spade. The truth is getting out louder and louder. Mobile Applications are all but dead.

The business of making native apps for mobile devices is dying, crushed by a fragmented market and restrictive business practices. The problems are so bad that the mobile web, despite its many technical drawbacks, is now a better way to deliver new functionality to mobiles. I think this will drive a rapid rise in mobile web development, largely replacing the mobile app business. This has huge implications for mobile operators, handset companies, developers, and users.


Even RussellBeattie has called it quits.

The Mobile Operators had never allowed third party developers to deploy their applications into the networks by demanding a heavy toll. The iPhone and the next generation of the SmartPhones are now having full fledged browsers and the web browser is the platform for application development.

Having developed many mobile applications, I had realized this truth longer. However, Lightweight Widget Applications could be the survivor of the native mobile applications. Everyone has praised Yahoo Go! Platform. This could be the dominant platform for Mobile 2.0 applications (widgets and widget platforms).

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