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Maemo runs "pure" arm-linux applications, so you need to enable FPC to cross compile for arm-linux. It is reccomended to use latest FPC trunk (2.5.x at now). | Maemo runs "pure" arm-linux applications, so you need to enable FPC to cross compile for arm-linux. It is reccomended to use latest FPC trunk (2.5.x at now). | ||
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==iPhone== | ==iPhone== | ||
Revision as of 19:50, 16 December 2009
There is a multitude of Smartphone platforms available today, and in many of them it is possible to write Free Pascal and Lazarus software.
Precise reports about Smartphone marketshares can be bought from Gartnet, but this information also comes up in scattered news. This section attempts to put some organization in those news to reconstruct a precise picture of the marketshare for those which cannot aford the full report from Gartnet. This information can be relevant when choosing for which operating system to develop and the potential market that they offer. The market can be very different in different parts of the world, but mostly information about US and Worldwide markets come in the news, but occasionally there is also information about regional markets.
Worldwide
| Year | Marketshares | Sales | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Symbian 64%, BlackBerry 10%, Windows 12%, Linux 10%, Mac 3% | Symbian 78m, BlackBerry 12m, Windows 15m, Linux 12m, Mac 3m | 122m |
| 2008 | Symbian 52%, BlackBerry 17%, Windows 12%, Linux 8%, Mac 8% | Symbian 73m, BlackBerry 23m, Windows 17m, Linux 11m, Mac 11m | 139m |
Sources:
| Year | Marketshares | Sales | Total Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Q2 | Symbian 66%, BlackBerry 9%, Windows 12%, Linux 10%, Mac 1% | Symbian 18m, BlackBerry 3m, Windows 3m, Linux 3m, Mac - | 28m |
| 2007 Q4 | Symbian 62%, BlackBerry 11%, Windows 12%, Linux 7%, Mac 5% | Symbian 23m, BlackBerry 4m, Windows 4m, Linux 3m, Mac 2m | 37m |
| 2008 Q1 | Symbian 57%, BlackBerry 13%, Windows 12%, Linux 8%, Mac 5% | Symbian 18m, BlackBerry 4m, Windows 4m, Linux 3m, Mac 2m | 32m |
| 2008 Q2 | Symbian 57%, BlackBerry 17%, Windows 12%, Linux 7%, Mac 3% | Symbian 18m, BlackBerry 6m, Windows 4m, Linux 2m, Mac 1m | 32m |
| 2008 Q3 | Symbian 50%, BlackBerry 15%, Windows 11%, Linux ?, Mac 13% | Symbian 19m, BlackBerry 6m, Windows 4m, Linux ?, Mac 5m | 36m |
| 2008 Q4 | Symbian 47%, BlackBerry 20%, Windows 12%, Linux 6%, Mac 11% | Symbian 18m, BlackBerry 7m, Windows 5m, Linux 3m, Mac 4m | 38m |
| 2009 Q1 | Symbian 49%, BlackBerry 20%, Windows 12%, Linux 8%, Mac 11% | Symbian 18m, BlackBerry 7m, Windows 5m, Linux 3m, Mac 4m | 36m |
| 2009 Q2 | Symbian 50%, BlackBerry 20%, Windows 9%, Linux 3%, Mac 14%, Android 3% | Symbian 20m, BlackBerry 8m, Windows 4m, Linux ?, Mac 5m | 41m |
| 2009 Q3 | Symbian 45%, BlackBerry 19%, Windows 8%, Linux 5%, Mac 17%, Android 4% | Symbian 19m, BlackBerry 8m, Windows 3m, Linux 2m, Mac 7m, Android 2m | 43m |
Sources:
- http://www.newlc.com/en/gartner-worldwide-smartphone-sales-grew-16-percent-q2
- http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/mobileos1.jpg
- http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/10696_Q3_Smartphone_Sales_figures_no.php
- http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=985912
- http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/08/windows-mobile-loses-27-of-smartphone-market-in-q2.ars
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39877964,00.htm
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392252-94.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Apple
By Region
| Region | Year | Marketshares |
|---|---|---|
| Europe, Middle East, Africa | 2007 Q3 | Symbian 85%, BlackBerry 5%, Windows 5%, Linux 5% |
| Latin America | 2007 Q3 | Symbian 80%, BlackBerry 2%, Windows 8%, Linux 10% |
Sources:
Windows CE
Windows CE is the name of an operating system which is used in Smartphones, PDAs, GPS devices, bar code scanners and other embedded devices. When run in a Smartphone the latest versions of the operating system have been branded as Windows Mobile, but it's the same operating system.
You can see information about writing Lazarus software for Windows CE devices in the following pages:
For information about using Free Pascal without Lazarus to developed WinCE applications read:
Maemo Linux
Tutorial
Maemo runs "pure" arm-linux applications, so you need to enable FPC to cross compile for arm-linux. It is reccomended to use latest FPC trunk (2.5.x at now).
See HERE for the tutorial.
Notes:
- Nokia N900 accept eabi v5 code, so make sure to use option
-meabi=5
in assembler section of the tutorial
- Target llibs.
For Nokia N900 you need to copy /lib/* and /usr/lib/* (no subdirs) and merged to ~/lazarus/fpc/libcross/ then you had to rename each library not found by linker (ld) to the file name searched by linker itself. I mean, if you got this error
libX11.so not found (or incompatible)
and you have in /usr/lib/ a file called libX11.so.6.2.0 you need to rename it into libX11.so
Kjow 18:50, 16 December 2009 (CET)
iPhone
For information about writing Free Pascal applications for the iPhone read:
Linux-based phones
For ARM-based phones you can read here: Linux for ARM
Palm OS
A initial FPC por has been started, more information here: PalmOS port
Symbian OS
A port based on Symbian UIQ 2 was started, but not finished: SymbianOS
Blackberry, Java-based phones
There are many phones which can run only Java software, including Blackberry and most of the cheap phones without a native interface. Also some other phones can also run Java applications out of the box, for example Symbian OS.
It's not possible to develop for java-based phones with Free Pascal at the moment, but you can use another compiler, MIDlet Pascal do to it. It has been recently made open source, and can be downloaded here:
