WidgetSummit 2007 San Fran!

Last week WidgetLabs attended the WidgetSummit conference in San Fran. It was a great conference with the top players of the widget market.

One of the trends in the conference seemed to be running widgets on mobile phones. Nokia for example is making great effort with its platform S60 to run widgets on its devices, the drawback is, that these widgets "only" run on Nokia phones. Apple and its iPhone also have their ambitions on their platform.

Another major topic were widget metrics. There is still no common understanding about what is needed and what has to be measured, although I think in the next month this issue will be clear for anybody.

There was also a nice session about widget monetization, and I was surprised, that there are still no clear ideas about how to monetize widgets. I am sure this will be a hot topic for the future.

Overall it was a successful conference, and I am looking forward for the widgetsummit 2008