[cap-talk] Applications for a capability platform - PLASH discussion

[Bill Frantz]

shap at eros-os.com (Jonathan S. Shapiro) on Friday, February 29, 2008 wrote:

>To date, there exists essentially zero third-party software for cell
>phones. What there is generally turns out to be replacements for things
>like the browser or the email reader that comply more fully with
>external standards.
>
>I am aware that exceptions to this statement exist. By "zero", I mean
>"zero applications having measurable market share".

My wife Peri runs Google Maps on her Palm Treo 600. She thinks she
downloaded it directly from Google using the built-in cell
phone[1]. I don't think it keeps any significant user data, and
just uses map data from the server.

Cheers - Bill

Even more of a conjecture is the thought that the reason Google
announced a cell phone OS called Android
<http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/android_overview.html> is
because certain cell carriers would not let it download the Google
Maps software into cell phones on their networks.

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