Despite the lagging economy, smartphones remain a hot market, and open source phones are in the spotlight.
According to research from Juniper Research telecom consultants, the number of smartphones shipped with open source operating systems will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014. Juniper's study found that open source operating systems and applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and are a key factor in the choice of which handset to choose from by users. Juniper's findings are being echoed by other researchers.
