Zatznotfunny posts a few mobile strategy tidbits from the Sling Media crew behind the SlingPlayer Mobile application. Among them are their thoughts on webOS:
As has been pointed out, the actual development information hasn’t been released yet so it is premature to be talking about development. From what we have seen it looks like webOS is an all-new environment, so it would need an all-new SPM which would not be a small task. At this time we’re taking a wait and see approach to webOS. When it ships we’ll watch the adoption rate and decide if it warrants developing SPM for webOS or not. Keep in mind it has currently been announced for one device (the Pre) on one carrier (#3 and currently falling) so it remains to be seen if and when it appears on additional devices and carriers for the worldwide market and achieves a significant market share.
While that may be true, we should remember that the iPhone is currently one device (well, two if you count 2G and 3G) on one network (currently #1 largely due to the iPhone), but right now it's the #1 mobile application development platform. Dave Zats then goes on to (rightly) point out that there are other factors to consider besides device count and carrier:
I understand the business case MZ is making, but it’s also critical to look ahead and predict a successful platform… and region. (ie: The dev cycles spent producing UIQ support probably hasn’t paid off.) While there’s no guarantee Palm will succeed with WebOS, they’ve got a ton of buzz, a ton of investment, and a positive track record in this space. If I were Sling, I’d be banging down Palm’s doors for an opportunity to collaborate.
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