WebKit

WebKit is a Open Source rendering engine.
It is very Fast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webkit

It is, for example, used in Google Chrome:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/images/big/12.jpg

At MobiNear, we use the WebKit (Open Source) in all our TouchScreen Kiosks
(i.e. MobiNear Box Touch)

Rapid History of the Web Browsers

#1 (~50%) Internet Explorer from Microsoft (originally came from Mosaic)

#2 (~30%) FireFox from Mozilla also originally came from Mosaic (Based on Gecko layout engine)

#3 (~8%) Chrome from Google (Based WebKit layout engine)

#4 (~4%) Safari from Apple (Based WebKit layout engine)

#5 (~2%) Opera from Opera Software

Others ( < 1%)

Market Shares:

WorldWide: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200909-201008-bar

US: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-US-monthly-200909-201008-bar

Europe: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-200909-201008-bar

France: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-FR-monthly-200909-201008-bar

History of Web Browsers:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_web_browsers

Retail Scenarios for NFC Mobile Payment

ERGOSUM Group (Auchan, Banque Accord, Bouygues Telecom, Carrefour, Castorama, COFIDIS, E.Leclerc, Finaref, Fnac, Groupe Casino, Le Groupement des Mousquetaires, Jules, Kinepolis Cinémas, LaSer-Cofinoga, Leroy Merlin, Printemps, Orange, SFR et Système-U)

from PICOM (French Cluster for the Retail Industry) propose 2 Scenarios for NFC Mobile Payment:

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum/swf/Cinematique_1.html

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum/swf/Cinematique_2.html

http://www.picom.fr/ergosum

Combo Connectivity Chipsets Market

Combo Connectivity Chipsets

Combo means : Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, and UWB & FM,

including Low Energy Bluetooth (or Bluetooth Low Energy – BLE)

ABI Research / Short Range Wireless Research Service.

http://www.abiresearch.com/products/service/Short_Range_Wireless_Research_Service/AI~

forecasts that :

Almost 280 Million Chipsets to Ship by end of 2010

More than 979 million such chipsets will ship in 2015.

http://www.abiresearch.com/research/1003030

Wi-Fi & Bluetooth integration in a single Chipset make a lot of sense as they share the same 2.4GHz band making RF parts mutualisation a direct reduction of the BOM of the Mobile Device.

The 10 mobile technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011: Bluetooth is #1

Gartner Outlines 10 Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2010 and 2011

The 10 mobile technologies to watch in 2010 and 2011 include:

Bluetooth (3 and 4) as #1

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1328113