CRACKING OPEN THE MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

It used to be that mobile developer programs were for handsets: Game and application designers would cluster around the hot phone or operating system, tailoring their wares for specific devices. But as open networks become the trend in the wireless industry, a new type of developer program is emerging that focuses on the network at large.rnCarriers such as AT&T, Clearwire and Verizon Wireless no longer are waiting in the wings to see which devices emerge and which applications prove popular on them. They're taking the lead, launching their own open development platforms with the aim of encouraging a broad range of consumer devices, going beyond phones to whole new categories of applications.