Google 'guarantees' Android Compatibility
News The web giant has also confirmed that the members of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) have signed a "non-fragmentation agreement", thus answering doubts that have been raised over the level of co-operation at the code level between members.
[November 13, 2007, 7:02]
Realising The Full Potential Of WAP - E-Commerce Focus
White Papers Its primary concern is fragmentation in the handset market and the inability for operators to depend on specific handset features, which it believes are necessary for the success of its members. Realising the full potential of WAP: Operators are...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
More From Google On Android's 'non-fragmentation Agreement'
Blog Just got a quote back from Rich Miner, "Member of Technical Staff, Google", about that non-fragmentation agreement that Google had all the members of the Open Handset Alliance sign to make sure that Android's code doesn't go forking off all over...
[November 13, 2007, 10:02]
Doubts Raised Over Android Fragmentation
News People have been predicting the success of open source for some time [but] fragmentation is easy, and integration is hard. Google claimed in November last year that it had made members of the OHA sign a non-fragmentation agreement, in which they...
[June 12, 2008, 15:05]
More Heavyweights Join Mobile Linux Group
News To deliver the kind of services our customers want, both now and in the future, we believe it is essential that operators, vendors and developers work together closely to establish a consistent, fully open Linux environment that positively...
[February 11, 2008, 9:36]
Trolltech Releases Mobile Linux Suite
News Lawson claimed Greensuite was about "avoiding or reducing fragmentation in the Linux mobile space", and would provide an easier licensing scenario than the challenge of dealing with multiple software suppliers, as mobile Linux developers have...
[November 29, 2006, 11:09]
Symbian Heads 'to Top' Of Smartphone Boom
News The software is highly customisable and inexpensive, but is not as standardised as the Symbian OS, the report said, arguing that "fragmentation of Linux will continue to stagnate its growth. The figures are contained in the report Wireless Handset...
[January 9, 2004, 15:10]
3G: It's A Standards Thing
News Secretary-general of the ITU Yoshio Utsumi described the ratification as the result of "ten years of considerable intellectual and engineering efforts by an entire industry determined to leapfrog the fragmentation which prevailed until now in the...
[August 23, 2000, 13:28]
Nokia And The Battle For Open Source's Soul
Leader By unifying several existing platforms, it serves to reverse the potential fragmentation that causes so many developers and operators to fear open source. The Finnish giant had, until now, kept out of the major alliances being formed in the mobile...
[June 24, 2008, 17:24]
Google Releases Android SDK
Blog Google made all the manufacturers sign a "non-fragmentation agreement" (I tried Googling the term and came up with one rather lonely hit). One of the big issues with Android has been the fact that, because a big whack of it falls under the Apache...
[November 12, 2007, 16:38]
Symbian - The Whiff Of Sour Grapes?
Blog The company said three months ago that mobile Linux was "fragmentation city", and that's pretty much what's been touted around right through to today, for example in this BBC interview. However, its biggest buddy, Nokia, is strongly considering an...
[November 7, 2007, 12:00]
OpenMoko And Trolltech Team Up On Mobile Linux
News Critics have described mobile Linux as "fragmentation city" and suggested that a lack of co-ordination is stopping the operating system from becoming a viable option for enterprise deployment. Last year Trolltech released its own programmable...
[September 18, 2007, 10:15]
Nokia Urges Linux Developers To Learn Business
News Everybody wants to make their own version and keep it too close to their chest, but that leads to fragmentation. We want to educate open-source developers," said Jaaksi, who is Nokia's vice president of software and heads up the Finnish handset...
[June 11, 2008, 9:05]
Adobe Opens Parts Of Flash In Mobile Push
News The Open Screen Project will attempt to address fragmentation by enabling runtime technology to be updated over the air on mobile devices. This means that any handset maker will be able to run Flash or AIR on their device free of charge.
[May 1, 2008, 15:38]
Microsoft Backs Mobile Phone Standards
News Its absence created a "perceived fragmentation" between the worlds of personal computers, which Microsoft represents, and cell phones, said Mike Wehrs, director of technology and standards for Microsoft's mobility group.
[June 13, 2002, 9:19]
