Mobile OSes Are No Longer Just About Mobile This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

Android and iPhone OS are expanding beyond phones, and Microsoft's mobile platform will soon follow. Developers and others in the mobile value chain should take note.

Operating systems currently targeted at handsets are about to go cross-platform, and maybe in a big way. That could lead to very important opportunities for a lot of existing players in the mobile value chain, from hardware manufacturers to app developers to venture capitalists. Word leaked out last week that Microsoft will streamline its mobile OS and deliver only three chassis designs with its upcoming Windows Phone 7, which is due out late this year. The [...]

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