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September 21, 2011 09:10 pm GMT

Verizon CEO: A Third Mobile Platform Will Emerge In The Next 12 Months

Lowell-McAdamiOS and Android are great, clearly. But that doesn't mean we don't have room in our hearts for a third platform. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam feels the same way, expecting a third "smartphone ecosystem" to butt in to the current Apple/Google dominated space. Out of the various options, McAdam said he sees Samsung's Bada, Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5, or RIM's forthcoming QNX-based BlackBerry platform to fill the spot. "The carriers are beginning to coalesce around the need for a third ecosystem," said McAdam. "Over the next 12 months I think it will coalesce and you will start to see one emerge as a legitimate third ecosystem." In my opinion, it'll be between RIM and Microsoft, and I expect Microsoft to come out victorious. Here's why:

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