Archive for the ‘Mobile Linux’ Category

Android: Google’s Open Source Mobile OS

Monday, November 5th, 2007

The gPhone is not released yet with all those speculations and rumors, but Google joined forces with leading mobile technology companies to announce the development of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. Google Inc., T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm, Motorola and others have collaborated on the development of ...

LiMo: A Big Step Forward For Mobile Linux

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

The duopoly of Windows Mobile and Symbian is to face its biggest challenge yet, with six big names in mobile telephony backing the development of a new Linux-based software platform for mobile phones. The LiMo Foundation, originally founded by Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, Vodafone, and NTT DoCoMo in ...

Linux In Mobile Phones

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A device’s operating system is increasingly seen as a way for carriers and OEMs to differentiate their offerings. But operating systems are also subject to a growing degree of price pressure. Linux is being positioned as a low cost, even license-free, solution for commercial smartphones, but also for real-time operating ...