Members include Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo,
Vodafone, Motorola, Sony, Nissan, Panasonic, IBM, Philips,
Hewlett-Packard and Orange SA.
However, Palm Computing is not involved. Palm controls the
operating system used in approximately half of the world’s personal
digital assistants (PDAs). Its absence presents a significant
challenge to the success of the Alliance.
The Alliance will be working on applications such as browsing,
messaging, content download and synchronisation, ensuring
interoperability and availability of open and standard-based
products and solutions for the mobile market.
Pertti Korhonen, senior vice president of mobile software at
Nokia said at the launch:
"The significance of today's announcement
can be compared to the day of the first release of the GSM
specification, which gained unforeseen operator support and paved
the way to the biggest commercial success story of the mobile
industry in the 1990s.”
He continued, “This global approach will fuel innovation and
make the mobile platform attractive for creating both services and
content."
See: www.openmobilealliance.org
