Mobile Widget Platforms: Reaching the Long Tail with Disposable Applications

ARCchart
July 1, 2009
89 Pages - SKU: CCEQ2421215
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Mobile Widget Platforms: Reaching the Long Tail with Disposable Applications

 
“The way people use the Internet is changing. Users expect to interact with the Internet from any place, any time and in a user friendly way. Mobile widgets will play an important role in this changing landscape by providing iPhone-like access to the cloud with portable applications that users can share and which developers can easily produce in order to serve niche markets on the Internet.

ARCchart estimates the market for mobile widget platforms was $72 million in 2008 and expects the market to grow at a CAGR of 80%, reaching $1.3 billion by 2013. The mobile widget market opportunity presents a number of potential revenue streams depending on preferred business model. Widget platforms are either licensed to OEMs or wireless operators; or stand-alone widget platforms serve users directly, supported by revenue share agreements and advertising. In many cases, mobile widget platform vendors are leveraging a combination of these business models in order to achieve success in this evolving marketplace”