Software Everywhere — David Beers on Mobile Computing

Xen Mendelsohn rounds up a great selection of mobile-focused posts for the week, which for lack of time I will (mostly) have to comment on later. Highlights for me included Dan Taylor mulling over the way carrier handset subsidies mess up everything and what might be done about it, Andreas Constantinou on everything you'd want to know about Flash Lite that can be reduced to a number, and Ricky Cadden on Nokia's new strategy of selling devices through Internet retailers like Dell and Gateway. That is, they will be selling unlocked devices (including handsets) without operator branding or subsidy, which speaks somewhat to Dan's post. I think it's fair to say that Sprint's coming WiMax network and it's open "any device, no contract" business model help explain why Nokia, a close 4G partner with Sprint, is starting to ramp up on retail.