UIEvolution and Movidilo are preparing the market for on-device portal 2.0.
The two companies believe the ODP is set for a new lease of life after a bad few months; the tech’s reputation suffered when ODP pioneer Action Engine made redundancies and was bought by start-up MobUI.UIE recently launched Blender, a web-based platform through which brands can mobilise existing assets.
It has essentially transferred its publishing expertise from the client to 'the cloud'. However, UIE still offers ODPs – and sees potential in apps for companies offering triple play services in PC, mobile and TV.
UIE’s CEO Chris Ruff said: “We always believed the industry would go towards the network, so we made our apps light. That was a good decision. So was working with brands, when the operators’ waiting rooms were very full.”
Meanwhile, Spanish firm Movidilo is weighing up the content market. It is a subsidiary of Ydilo, which automates call centre enquiries with speech recognition. Movidilo believes this expertise can translate to mobile rich media.
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Martin Gossling, VP of business development at Movidilo, said: “Our core technlogy makes it easy for people to interact with databases, so I believe we can also develop clients that make it quicker for users to search and browse for content using speech and other forms of UI.”
Elsewhere, MobUI will use Action Engine’s technology and contacts to move it into the Java space. It claims to have deals with three brands.
