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Out of curiosity, what do you think of the fragmentation of mobile platforms, that makes it difficult to develop for/port apps from iPhone -> BB, etc.?

What's your medium-term view of the market, over the next 1-3 years? iPhone is the buzzword now, what about the potential of BB/Pre/Ovi/Windows Mobile?

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You're straying into consulting land ;-)

In short:

Win Mo: Stable, no big wins or losses

Brew: uh, yea no comment (I think the developers conference was canceled)

Java ME/BB: Blackberry needs to innovate towards the pre/android or it's going to stagnate and die. Java ME needs to die. Haven't had time to look at Java FX yet.

Pre, I think, will go like Android did(except it looks a lot better) there's HUGE hacker appeal but it will probably take 2 years or so to take off.

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