2010 Predictions for Mobile Developers
This year you are in for a double dose of Predictions for Mobile Developers, as Thibaut and Caroline team up with their views.
Thibaut Rouffineau, based in London,UK is up first:
Predictions tend to be of this Nostradamus type that are not measurable and quantifiable… So let's try to give actual measures and verifiable facts. Even if it means that each of them can be influenced … but isn't it the goal too ![]()
So here we go for our 2010 predictions:
- Android saves Google in Europe in the face of increasing legal & regulatory pressures.
Google will start the year with even more trouble on their hands in Europe with an increasing number of issues raised by European governments and regulatory bodies. Android will be at the forefront of their defense, as a proof that they are encouraging competition rather than stifling it. This can only and should be accompanied with a relaxed approach to the way Google and the OHA manage Android throughout 2010.
- Android becomes the de facto standard for...

