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Linux crashes the mobile party

Linux crashes the mobile party

...a shared implementation — as opposed to the LiPS Forum's desire to create a unified standard for mobile Linux — Motorola... Read more

25 September, 2007 by David Meyer

Trolltech switches sides in mobile Linux war

...may prove a worthy adversary to both — are the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum and the Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation. While LiPS is trying to... Read more

8 January, 2008 by David Meyer

LiPS Forum releases mobile Linux specs

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has released its first complete set of specifications for mobile Linux... Read more

12 December, 2007 by David Meyer

Movial brings browser-based UI kit to LiMo

...based user interfaces. Movial was one of the companies involved in the LiPS Forum, a group that was dedicated to developing mobile Linux standards. However... Read more

4 August, 2008 by David Meyer

Mobile Linux standards forum gives up

...Mobile Foundation. The merger was announced on Thursday. The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum was formed in November 2005, around seven months before the Linux... Read more

26 June, 2008 by David Meyer

LiMo Foundation unveils mobile Linux handsets

...create a standardised approach to Linux-based handsets, with rivals including the LiPS Forum and the Google-led Open Handset Alliance, which plans to release... Read more

13 February, 2008 by Alex Serpo

More heavyweights join mobile Linux group

...Access and France Telecom (Orange's owner) are both members of the LiPS Forum, which is in some ways a rival to the LiMo Foundation... Read more

11 February, 2008 by David Meyer
LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia and mobile Linux

LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia and mobile Linux

...deep understanding of the open-source development world. Trolltech quietly left the LiPS Forum around the same time it started negotiations with Nokia. It then... Read more

4 February, 2008 by David Meyer

Key mobile Linux platform out in March

...to Linux-based handsets. Its main rival at the moment is the LiPS Forum, which is focused on creating shared, open specifications. The members of... Read more

4 February, 2008 by David Meyer

Google 'guarantees' Android compatibility

...Similarly, Bill Weinberg, the general manager of another mobile Linux alliance, the LiPS Forum, told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday that "the way the Apache... Read more

13 November, 2007 by David Meyer

ARM spearheads mobile Linux group

...and its formation adds to a list of similar associations, including the LiPS Forum, the LiMo Foundation and the Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI). Members working... Read more

4 October, 2007 by David Meyer

Symbian: Mobile Linux 'fragmentation city'

...LiMo Foundation includes members such as Vodafone, Motorola and Samsung, while the LiPS Forum counts on the support of Texas Instruments, France Telecom and Trolltech... Read more

2 July, 2007 by David Meyer

PalmSource and Orange team up for mobile Linux standards

...standardise aspects of Linux running on mobile phones. The Linux Phone Standard (Lips) Forum wants to standardise Linux interfaces so that higher-level software won... Read more

14 November, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Google to unveil 'Android' mobile-phone software

The company is expected to announce a phone operating system based on open-source Linux code, plus an alliance with wireless service providers and handset vendors Read more

5 November, 2007 by Tom Krazit
When open phones meet closed minds

When open phones meet closed minds

Opening up mobile networks and devices should go hand in hand with an overhaul of mobile security thinking Read more

25 September, 2007 by Tim Mather

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