While Linux is still taking off relatively slowly in the desktop world, the same is not true in the mobile space where many are predicting that we will be presented with a mobile Linux Odyssey in 2012.
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S60 Open C Challenge
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The first 'Open C Challenge' is a global contest for mobile application development for S60 on Symbian OS smartphones. It is aimed at encouraging open source and freeware developers to use Nokia's Open C environment, to create innovative mobile applications.
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Toshiba phone runs Linux on virtual platform
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Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) says its open source real-time virtualizing microkernel was used by Toshiba in a mobile phone widely available in Japan and Australia. Toshiba's W47T phone runs Linux on top of OK's OKL4 microkernel, and is distributed by KDDI, Japan's second-largest wireless carrier.
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Second open Linux phone on sale
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Another fully open source-based phone went on sale on Monday, offering developers the chance to build their own mobile Linux applications.
The Neo1973 is the first mobile phone to be designed to run the open-source operating system OpenMoko.
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Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?
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Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.
The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based on the availability of complete documentation.
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Linux gets more mobile
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The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum will today release its first specifications in an effort to encourage people to develop more applications for Linux-based mobile phones.
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5 Cool Linux-Powered Phones
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We have seen the future of cell phones, and it’s Linux. These five phones bring the flexibility of Linux to the portable world.
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