Battle between mobile software

It seems that the battle between mobile software is far from coming to an end. On the one hand there is Android, iOS and Windows Phone that is trying to get in the game. On the other hand we have the upcoming softwares. CyanogenMod which seems to be aiming a different direction than Android, Boot2Gecko by Mozilla and ofcourse Tizen and Ubuntu Phone OS!

OS:

• iOS-Apple: and very popular software for portable devices.
• Android-Google: not quite open source. Google own's the rights but it's aloud for others to modify and use.
• Windows Phone-Microsoft: Not that popular yet with limited apps on the market. Microsoft is trying to support its software with the help of Nokia which abandons the old Symbian. It will not be easy for them but there is hope.

Upcoming:

• Ubuntu OS-Canonical: Looking forward for Canonical to work with portable devices.
• Boot2Gecko-Mozilla: It's quite a different aproach. Already has the support of some companies but we don't know how the market will feel. Despite the fact that it's based on Linux it won't be compatible to Android.
• Tizen-Open Source: Based on Linux. Supported by Samsung, Intel and Linux Foundation. Samsung is probably wants more options than only Google and Android, since Samsung bought Motorola Mobility and from now on is also a hardware company. Rumor has it that Tizen will be compatible to Android.
• CyanogenMod: Theoretically is an android version. Recently its developing team changel the logo and it seems that they will continue on their own.

Disappearing:

• Windows Mobile: Microsoft's previous attempt on mobile software.
• Symbian-Nokia: Nokia will stop using Symbian and focus turn to Windows Phone software.
• Blackberry OS: It seems to have no future.
• WebOS: HP's contribude to mobile software. Did not went well.

Interesting fact is that in the upcoming future we will see portable devices with x86 instead of ARM. Intel is about to announce some tablets-laptops. If this works out there will be no reason for us to use mobile softwares and just use Windows, Mac OS or Linux. This will benefit both users and developers.