MOAP (Mobile Oriented Applications Platform) is the software platform for NTT DoCoMo's Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (FOMA) service for mobile phones.12
It has a closed user interface, so third parties cannot develop software for native application software, or install third party applications, unlike S60 and UIQ.
Versions
Two MOAP versions exist:3
- MOAP(S) – supported by Symbian OS based phones from several manufacturers such as Fujitsu, Sony Ericsson Japan, Mitsubishi, Sharp and others. Unlike other platforms based on Symbian, S60 and UIQ, MOAP(S) was not an open development platform, originally, but was then released as open-source software from Symbian Foundation under the Eclipse Public License (EPL).
- MOAP(L) – supported by Linux based phones from Panasonic and NEC. It is not an open development platform.
References
References
- "NTT DoCoMo Glossary". NTT DoCoMo.
- Chesbrough, Henry William; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; West, Joel, eds. (2014). New Frontiers in Open Innovation. Oxford University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0199682461.
... the next most important customer was NTT DoCoMo and MOAP (Mobile Oriented Applications Platform), whose handsets accounted for 10‒20% of Symbian sales...
- "Expansion of "MOAP" Software Platforms for Mobile Terminals" (PDF). NTT DoCoMo Technical Journal. 8 (1).