Mobile king Symbian put to rest, giving another huge endorsement to Linux which will replace it
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For almost 3 years, Apple’s iPhone has set the standard for mainstream smart phones. Recently, Apple has taken over a large portion of the smart phone market, now manufactures like Nokia are taking the iPhone threat seriously and bringing out new phones to try to compete. One phone that looks like it has a real chance to compete with the iPhone is Nokia’s new N900 phone/internet tablet.
Read more »Open source platforms, features to drive smartphones
The future smartphone market will be driven by operating systems and user demand for functionality and "experiences" the phone can provide, according to industry analyst In-Stat. In a report released Tuesday, the research firm projected that there will be some 412 million smartphones worldwide by 2014, where over 250 million units will be equipped with accelerometers.
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Linux to Capture over 60 Percent of Smartphone Market
Linux is poised to emerge as the dominant mobile platform, capturing well over 60 percent of the smartphone market over the next seven years, says Telecom Trends International.
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Next-gen Nokia Linux devices will get multitouch and Qt UI
At the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam, Nokia unveiled the roadmap for the next generation of its Linux-based Maemo platform. The company plans to introduce support for multitouch and a number of other compelling features.
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Linux Climbs Fast in Mobile, Microsoft ‘Screws’ Badly with Windows Mobile 6.5
Free/open source software and UNIX to gain more at the expense of Windows based on the latest judgments
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Linux-based phones : Why are GNU/Linux users treated as second class?
Like many free software users, I am greatly encouraged by the number of mobile phones that are starting to come out running some form of embedded Linux-based OS. Nokia's Maemo and Palm's webOS are shaping up and it seems every day we hear of yet another Android device. All of this is good news, but just how useful are these free software phones to the free software lover?
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Another Microsoft-taxed Linux phone debuts; Microsoft's CEO says Microsoft "screwed up with Windows Mobile"
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Nokia’s Free Software bullshit and insults in Maemo
Nokia N900 ... [is] being branded as so “open” that software freedom lovers would love it. This seemed like really good news, no? Well, like the saying goes… when it’s too good to be true… it most probably ain’t.
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Linux to Fill the Gap Left by Exploding iPhones and Overweight Sub-notebooks
Linux seems poised to replace Apple and Microsoft in different market segments, especially as things go awry for them
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How to use Your Mobile Phone as Remote for your Linux Media Player
Remuco is a duplex remote control system for Linux media players and mobile devices equipped with Bluetooth or WiFi.
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10 reasons why open source makes sense on smart phones
Open source brings a host of benefits to the mobile market, starting with cost savings. But as Jack Wallen explains, the advantages go much further - from better security to more customization options to more prolific application development.
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Openmoko Throws Everything Behind "Plan B"
Putting Linux on mobile phones is all the rage these days, what with Google's Android popping up on prototypes left and right, and even the venerable Palm pushing the Pre, a penguin-phone of its own. That wasn't always true, though, but way back in those dark days of proprietary phoning — at least a little ways back — there was Openmoko bringing us hope of truly-open telephony.
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OpenMoko Project put on Ice
With its open source operating system, the OpenMoko Project was once the pride of the community. Now, however, development of the new model will cease.
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Openmoko on the ropes?
Taiwan-based embedded design firm Openmoko is discontinuing its open-source Linux Neo FreeRunner phone and slashing its staff in half, says an industry report.
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