Breaking the 500 million barrier of mobile software

Welcome to the H2 2009 edition of the 100 Million Club, the semi-annual watchlist of mobile software products that have been embedded in more than 100 million mobile devices since their release. Despite the apparent opportunity in the one-billion-a-year handset market, very few software companies have managed to overcome the commercial and technical challenges inherent in the mobile industry.

In the second half of 2009, CAPS by Scalado™ and OKL4 by Open Kernel Labs managed to break through the 500 million barrier, while Myriad Group's messaging client and Nokia's Series 40 OS now have more than 1 billion shipments each.