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First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, Nokia

First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, NokiaCoffin is becoming too small for so many nails...HastalaVista, babyPFdon't forget OpenMoko and the Neo1973 / FreeRunnerThis article doesn't talk about how OpenMoko.org has been working on a mobile Linux-based communications platform for over a year now and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., coffin, Mobile Linux, OpenMoko.org, LiMo mobile Linux, Neo1973, LiMo Foundation, Linux, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

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LiMo has a second phone

Web appsWeb apps, based on HTML5, SVG, WebGL, etc., really need to be given some priority in the industry. Otherwise, app developers will go crazy trying to develop & support local apps, for all of the different mobile OS platforms out there.RE: LiMo has a second phoneI adore Linux and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, phone, LiMo Foundation, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Should Google spin Android into a foundation?

I know that's supposed to be Hari Seldonbut it looks like the wacko from Heaven's Gate.RE: Should Google spin Android into a foundation?They should just turn Android into the funny car of smartphone OSes. Just smart whip the OS into so many variations that nobody will recognize it. ...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Cellular phones, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Invisible Linux

Invisible LinuxLinux on the mobile "desktop"Many/most of the major smartphone/mobile OSes are based on Linix: Android, WebOS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo, Ubuntu, .... The iPhone OS is based on FreeBSD, a cousin of Linux.Thus, Linux/*nix is already entering the "desktop" of the average user, through the use of mobile devices. And,...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Invisible Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

How much mobile Internet market will open source get?

How much mobile Internet market will open source get?Your predictionWhatever figure you come up with for Linux's future marketshare value, you need to apply the following:Real Figure = Fantasized Figure x Reality ConstantSo, we determine the Reality Constant by looking at past predictions and calculating from that:http://www.linux.com/articles/30873...gives us a Reality...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, mobile, Reality Constant, Linux, open source, mobile Internet

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

LiMo to show off latest release of platform

LiMo to show off latest release of platformLinux convergenceIt is probably still early in the game but I hope in the future the Linux portion of these mobile platforms (Android, LiMo, Pre, ...) converge. After all, the hardware being managed by the OS is the same.This would allow different application...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, LiMo Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!

No Firefox for the iPhone/iPod touch ... D'oh!Why LiMo? Interested in your reasons.[i]Roll on LiMo. My next cellphone will, without a doubt, be a LiMo.[/i]Can I ask why? No ulterior motives, I'm just wondering why I should hold off on buying an HTC Touch Diamond, hold off on Android, and...

Tags: Web browsers, Digital media, Digital music, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, LiMo Foundation, Apple iPhone, D'oh, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone

The current issue (16.08) of Wired Magazine has a brief interview with Mozilla CEO John Lilly just before the launch of Firefox 3 in June. In it Lily makes two interesting comments related to Apple: Wired: ...Do you worry about competition from Apple now that it...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wired Inc., Apple Inc., Mozilla Corp., Razr V2, Web Browsers, Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-12

LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest.

If there was one solid message to come from the opening keynotes at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, it is this: Now is the time. Illustrated through the lenses of two large, mainstream industries â€" financial services and health care â€" the first two presenters talked about ways...

Tags: Hospital, Health Care, Linux, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-05

LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?

LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?Get a real phone, er a whatsthemajigNokia [url=http://www.opentoanything.com/]Open to anything[/url]RE: LiMo, dude, where's my Internet?LiMo wasn't formed to combat the iPhone (which didn't exist at the time), it was formed to combat Windows Mobile and Symbian. YOU may want an internet terminal (I might, too), but...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, LiMo Foundation, Apple iPhone, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

News to know: Vista x64; Apple; Phishing; Facebook

Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Windows Vista Ed Bott: You've got Vista x64 questions, I've got answers Jason O'Grady: Apple drops iPhone 2.0.1 software (updated 3x) Infinite Loop: Steve Jobs:...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Intel Corp., Vyatta, Mauku, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

LiMo vows to fight on, debuts new mobile handsets from Motorola, NEC, Panasonic

The LiMo Foundation has no intention of fading away. At the launch of LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco today, the foundation announced the release of  several new Linux-based mobile handsets from Mototorola, NEC and Panasonic. The addition of these latest models -- including Motorola's...

Tags: Panasonic, LiMo Foundation, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Handset, Symbian Inc., NEC Corp., Motorola Inc., Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Android losing it's mojo fast

Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Blogging, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claims

Nokia's plan to open source the Symbian mobile OS platform is no threat to mobile Linux, maintains the executive director of the Linux Foundation. Jim Zemlin maintains that mobile Linux will continue to evolve and flourish in spite of Nokia's plans and the formation of the Symbian...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Symbian Inc., Jim Zemlin, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losersNokia Symbian - What's in a name?Heads up! It looks like Nokia's product naming consultants did not do their homework for similar names with other mental images and associations. Check out www.sybian.com. Or, how about the Symbionese Liberation Party that kidnapped Patty...

Tags: Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Nokia Symbian deal winners and losers

After an expansion phase that saw the introduction of the iPhone, Android, LiMo, and JavaFX Mobile, the mobile phone platform landscape is shrinking again. Nokia today announced it plans to spend $410 million to acquire the pieces of Symbian Ltd. that it doesn't already own, and...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Symbian Inc., Eclipse, Android, Eclipse Public License, Eclipse Foundation, Open Source, Java Development Tools, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-06-24

Open source as industrial policy

Open source as industrial policythe EC patriots will bring M$ downwith the EU commision spearheading the the fight against the M$ beast, Linux will level the field and force M$ to compete on merits.Now is the time to prevent an Apple monopoly[i]"The Commission must do its part," said Kroes. "It...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, industrial policy, software

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

ABI Research: Linux to take 23 percent of smartphone market by 2013

Smartphone platforms are becoming a two horse Linux race with between the LiMo Foundation and the Open Handset Alliance, which houses the Android mobile operating system. That's the big takeaway from a report by ABI Research. Among the takeaways: Verizon has given LiMo a...

Tags: LiMo Foundation, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Smartphone Platform, Smart Phones, Linux, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-03

News to know: NASA hack; Netbooks; Green IT

Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Debunking yet another bogus malware study Dancho Danchev: Phoenix Mars Lander's mission site hacked Robin Harris: Mac Time Machine: backup for the rest of us? Christopher Dawson: Waiting for the right netbooks ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NASA, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green IT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Whose mobile open source community will deliver?

In all the talk of the various approaches to building mobile open source platforms one word has been left out. Community. One of the key lessons open source companies have learned over the last few years is that it's the quality of your development...

Tags: Mobile, Forge, Open-source Community, Advertising & Promotion, Open Source, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-23