Just one year ago, Google first unveiled its Android, the open source mobile platform to the world, and in less then one year, the first mobile phone uses Android platform was available in the US market last month. And back in June, Nokia also announced that Symbian became open source after Nokia acquired the whole ownership of Symbian. The focus on open source highlights a growing industry trend away from the closed systems that have traditionally dominated the market. Open source developers remain optimistic users will veer toward their products once they experience the flexibility they provide. Openness allow more choice and allow a richer experience, users can have devices where they can download applications and view a variety of content from multiple sources. There will be less constraint by traditional impediments, either with their device or through their operator. Only time will tell how the various platforms will fare. Industry leaders hope that the concept of choice will drive the open source option to eventual dominance. Is open source really the inevitable course for mobile industry?

This month’s MobileMonday Taipei event, we will talk about the future of mobile open source, we have invited 3 companies who dedicate in developing open source platform and applications to share with their product and their view for the future mobile market.

1.ZK – introduction of ZK Mobile. ZK is the leading open source Ajax + Mobile framework. With 700,000 downloads, ZK empowers a variety of companies and institutions, ranging from small to large, including Barclays, Sun Micro, Swiss RE, Alcatel-Lucent, and many others.
– Introduction of ZK
– Introduction of ZK Mobile
– Benefits and Architecture
– Showcase: ZK Mobile on Java Phone
– Showcase: ZK Mobile on Google Android

2.Bluetouch – Introduction of their mobile solution using ZK mobile platform.

3. MicroMacro – Demo their product, a new type of mobile advertising tool using ZK mobile platform.

Event Program:

Date: 7 PM, Monday, Nov.10th.

Location: Mary’s Bistro, 2F, No.89, Sec.2, Ren-Ai Rd., Taipei City (Tel: 02-3322-1859)

Please click here to register.