LG currently has no interest in developing a proprietary smartphone OS

By on Feb 18, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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No Bada competitor from LG as the Korean handset manufacturer has stated publicly that it will not develop its own proprietary smartphone OS. Though it did not rule out the possibility entirely, Scott Ahn, Vice President of LG’s Mobile Business unit, confirmed that LG’s strategy for the next two to three years does not include the development of a proprietary mobile OS. Rather than go on its own, LG will remain committed to producing smartphones powered by Windows Phone 7 Series and Android; focusing on the device itself, specialized content, and extra services to distinguish its handsets from the competition. With a prediction that does not bode well for Bada, MeeGo and the like, Ahn forecasts that only three mobile platforms will be left standing in the end — Windows Phone, Android and the iPhone OS. Do you agree or disagree with this somewhat somber projection?

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  • Chrisnich32

    I definitely agree. Phone manufacturers could save alot of money and refocus on better hardware!

  • MicroNix

    If there are to be 3 left standing, I think it will be Android, iPhone OS and BlackBerry. I think most of the world has written off WM. While WM7 will be an improvement and even though MS is a pitbull when they want something bad enough, I think 6.5 left such a bad taste and gave Android such a start that it is going to be almost next to impossible for them to regain traction. I don’t see Palm getting traction either. With all of the sexy HTC Android phones coming, along with every other hardware manufacturer jumping on the Android bandwagon, Apple is going to lose serious market share. It won’t shut them down, but unless they innovate their OS (they haven’t done so since it was first released), Apple’s numbers are going to give way to other phones which are already surpassing the iPhone’s capabilities. HTC’s SenseUI adds a look that I’m sure many iPhone owners wish they had…

    • Ryan

      Actually I think all 4 will be around but if MS can get the WP7S around the world I think they will take 3rd place after Blackberry and iPhone.

      I say this because the problem with Android is the same as with WM 6.x and before – too many inconsistencies leading to a fragmented market. App developers don’t have a standard screen resolution, processor speed, ram/rom, or even a standard OS. As of right now there are phones out there with 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, and 2.1. New phones are coming out with old versions still which is just sad.

      By dictating a minimum MS minimized the problem of fragmentation. It should be more of an iPhone experience now where all the phones can be updated to the latest release. However as time goes on there maybe other problems that crop up that we don’t know about.

      Just my $.02

      • http://www.creditcardassist.com/lowinterest/creditcards.html Steve Sildon

        The look and feel HTC’s SenseUI is awesome. Much can be learned by the folks in Cupertino.

  • blackhawks

    android OS is nice but still second to iphone OS.
    between Iphone OS and Blackberry OS, i say Blackberry OS wins. iphone is such a lagging experience for me. But who rules the market? Symbian, over 50% market share in 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
    who said 3 or 4 will be around? you are just stuck here in US and don’t know what is going on in other countries at all.

  • Ben

    and blackberry or palm.

  • http://mostlyaboutmobile.wordpress.com Less the Best

    There is so many HW players (Nokia, Samsung, some Japanese, rising Chinese …) who want to secure their future. Therefore I have problems believing these mentioned predictions.

    iPhone OS – only Apple
    Blackberry OS – only BB
    Android – Who wants to be Googles pet. Latest news: SonyEricsson didn’t want that.
    WinPho – Do we really want to repeat the PC’s history

    Open source will propably be answer. Open source OS + custom UI. We see this with android already and in this sense Andoid would be winner. The problem is that Google is straight competitor for many HW companies who are becoming service companies.

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