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Mobile Linux gains momentum
News Linux is picking up more support in the mobile industry as a challenger to established players such as Symbian and Microsoft. Mobile operating system maker Trolltech claimed on Tuesday that it was kick-starting the mobile Linux market by launching...
[August 16, 2006, 16:20]
Opinion: Mobile Linux for Bluetooth - spanner for Microsoft?
News The Calcaria Linux7K project (or Linux CL-PS7110) to develop a mobile version of the operating system will shake a few feathers, not least if it embeds the short range radio frequency connectivity technology Bluetooth into its code.
[May 11, 1999, 8:33]
Mobile Linux group plans enterprise push
News The LiMo Foundation, a broad industry consortium of manufacturers, operators and software developers working to put Linux onto the mobile phone, is to launch a major enterprise push later this year. We're looking at two of the very well-known Linux...
[May 14, 2008, 13:43]
Mobile Linux - don't get carried away
Leader With Motorola openly talking about Linux as a major component of its future phone plans, and Trolltech selling a mobile phone to ginger up developers, Linux supporters can be forgiven for scratching another notch on their bedposts.
[August 17, 2006, 13:10]
Mobile Linux alliance formed
News Four mobile handset makers are teaming up with two cellular operators to develop a new Linux software platform for mobile devices. Mobile phone makers Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics, along with mobile...
[June 15, 2006, 13:05]
Symbian: Mobile Linux threat 'shrinking'
Blog Earlier this year a Symbian exec told ZDNet.co.uk that mobile Linux was "fragmentation city" and therefore not much of a threat. We see Linux in the devices we compete for shrinking quarter by quarter," he said to astonished murmurs at a press...
[October 16, 2007, 12:48]
Mobile Linux standards forum gives up
News The attempted standardisation of mobile Linux has been put on hold indefinitely, after the Linux Phone Standards Forum announced it was to merge with the Linux Mobile Foundation. The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum was formed in November 2005...
[June 26, 2008, 17:38]
Symbian: Mobile Linux 'fragmentation city'
News Enterprises will not adopt mobile Linux because it is too fragmented, according to Symbian's head of enterprise business market development. Speaking at the Mobility Summit in London on Monday, Andrew Moran said that mobile Linux was "fragmentation...
[July 2, 2007, 16:46]
Mobile Linux group names itself
News A mobile Linux coalition between several major handset manufacturers and operators has finally been christened. The LiMo Foundation should not be confused with the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum, which boasts participants such as manufacturers...
[January 26, 2007, 12:02]
Linux in the Mobile Space: Today and Tomorrow
White Papers It comes as a natural progression that Linux would also make great strides in the mobile space. The Linux platform has been recognized as a viable Open Source alternative for a variety of computing environments.
[April 3, 2007, 1:00]
Linux everywhere: The Penguin goes mobile
News Its supporters say the benefits of open source software on PC servers and desktops carry over into the mobile device world: Linux is a robust OS that has a developer community of thousands constantly improving it.
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Mobile Linux for Psion pressures Win CE
News The project has the support of Psion and according to Psion's technology strategist Andrew Till, "there's a very good chance the mobile version of Linux will get a Bluetooth implementation. Till is convinced that a mobile version of Linux will be...
[April 23, 1999, 15:04]
Mobile Linux Better For Mobile Business Apps?
Blog Mobile Linux Better For Mobile Business Apps? As mobile Linux is carving it’s footprint on the future of mobile application development, the implication for enterprise applications is also paramount. Does mobile Linux lend itself better to the...
[May 15, 2008, 17:15]
Mobile Linux gets kiss of life
Blog Just as a reminder, the LiPS Forum includes such luminaries as France Telecom, Texas Instruments, ARM and Freescale, while rival organisation the LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation includes Vodafone, Motorola, Samsung and Panasonic.
[June 11, 2007, 12:49]
More on mobile Linux smartphones
Blog Following the news that the LiMo Foundation is going to try push mobile Linux into the enterprise zone, more hints have arrived that the technology is not going to stay purely consumer. Although Verizon will continue supporting its technology...
[May 14, 2008, 15:55]
Intel, Nokia to develop mobile Linux devices
News Intel and Nokia have announced a long-term relationship that will see the development of Intel-powered, Linux-based handheld mobile-computing devices. Under the deal, the companies will collaborate on several open-source mobile Linux software...
[June 23, 2009, 16:39]
Cheap 3G mobile Linux handset unveiled
News A mobile Linux-based 3G phone has been developed that could be made available to operators for less than $100. The result of collaboration between NXP Semiconductors and Purple Labs — a mobile Linux development company with a focus on mass-market...
[January 31, 2008, 15:53]
Big plans for Linux on mobile phones
News Embedded Linux specialist Trolltech has claimed that Linux will soon be a major competitor to Symbian and Windows Mobile. We believe that in two to three years the main software platforms for phones will be Symbian Series 60, [Windows] Mobile and...
[February 25, 2005, 14:05]
ACCESS Linux Platform: Making Linux Mobile
White Papers The ACCESS Linux Platform leverages the power and advantages of Linux to provide a comprehensive, robust, component-based development environment for mobile devices. As an open source solution, Linux has some distinct advantages in the mobile market.
[May 18, 2007, 1:00]
Key mobile Linux platform out in March
News The LiMo Foundation has announced the first release of its mobile Linux platform. The foundation is one of several industry consortia seeking to create a standardised approach to Linux-based handsets.
[February 4, 2008, 10:37]
