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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]
Mobile Linux Group Names Itself
News A mobile Linux coalition between several major handset manufacturers and operators has finally been christened. The group was formed six months ago with the goal of creating an open-source platform for mobile phones.
[January 26, 2007, 12:02]
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 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]
Linux Mobile IPv6 HOWTO
White Papers This paper describes the software and procedures to set up and use mobile IPv6 for Linux. Each mobile node is always identified by its home address, regardless of its current point of attachment to the Internet.
[October 16, 2004, 0:00]
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 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, 13:40]
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]
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, 0:00]
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 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 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 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]
LiPS Forum Releases Mobile Linux Specs
News The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has released its first complete set of specifications for mobile Linux. Other such groups include Google's Open Handset Alliance (OHA) with its Android platform, OpenMoko and the Linux Mobile (LiMo) Foundation.
[December 12, 2007, 12:00]
Trolltech Switches Sides In Mobile Linux War
News The open-source development company Trolltech has switched sides in the ongoing war between the various mobile Linux consortia. The two largest alliances — although Google's recently announced Open Handset Alliance may prove a worthy adversary to...
[January 8, 2008, 12:08]
ARM Spearheads Mobile Linux Group
News Yet another mobile Linux alliance has been formed, this time with a focus on devices with larger displays. The new organisation is spearheaded by the British processor manufacturer ARM, and its formation adds to a list of similar associations...
[October 4, 2007, 15:20]
Transmeta Unveils Mobile Linux
News Transmeta, the employer of Linux founder Linus Torvalds, has released Midori, its version of Linux for mobile devices. Transmeta, which sells low-power, Intel-compatible processors called Crusoe, previously referred to Midori as Mobile Linux.
[March 14, 2001, 7:22]
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]
Linus And The Mobile Linux Chip
News The answer: Mobile Linux -- a smaller version of Linux with support for information appliances and mobile devices that have limited resources. Mobile Linux still require 24MB of flash memory to run -- 32MB if the manufacturer wants to have enough...
[January 31, 2000, 9:09]
