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- Will the ALP be the next mobile Linux OS?
- Will the ALP be the next mobile Linux OS?No Expectations for ALPALP was around even before their 2006 announcement. As a software developer, any operating system that is around that long and up to version 3.0 without ever making it onto a device (I don't count the Nokia netbook that...
- Tags: Operating systems, ALP, mobile Linux OS, Mobile Linux, operating system, Linux, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Will the ALP be the next mobile Linux OS?
- With all of the news surrounding the Google Android Linux device see my full review it seems that ACCESS didn't want people to forget they are still working on a mobile Linux operating system called the ACCESS Linux Platform ALP. We learned about some screenshots that were shown in August...
- Tags: Mobile, Operating System, Mobile Linux, PalmInfocenter, Linux, Operating Systems, Advertising & Promotion, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller, Google Inc., Google Android
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- The fast track to mobile Linux
- The fast track to mobile LinuxThe fast track to mobile LinuxThis doesn't make much sense. Replace the RTOS with linux, then run a RTOS on top of a virtualization layer which will slow things down negating the purpose of a RTOS.How it worksYou keep the part of the RTOS...
- Tags: RTOS, fast track, Mobile Linux, Linux, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- The fast track to mobile Linux
- Linux can replace RTOSs while the RTOS is still there to support the wireless stack by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Linux, UNIX, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- News to know: Microhoo redux; Mobile Linux; Jive; Google; Let XP die
- Notable headlines: Yahoo launches ’stock market for ads’ Larry Dignan: The three week Microhoo countdown begins... Mary Jo Foley: Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the pot Microsoft's letter to Yahoo Paula Rooney: Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile Linux is poised for commercial takeoff in...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- A mobile Linux reporter's notebook
- A mobile Linux reporter's notebook3 words: res, res, resOne of the main things PDA's have always lacked is really hi-res OCR/touchscreens.You need a Quick Quotes QuillAsk Rita Skeeter where she got hers.re: ultra-res(+ needlepoint stylii)Funny that's not a price differentiatorOne would expect to see it determining the price of a...
- Tags: PDAs, Mobile Linux, mobile, mobile Linux reporter, Linux, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-04-06
- A mobile Linux reporter's notebook
- A great mobile Linux device starts with a set of requirements. It's not enough to say, oh we'll use Prizm or we'll build it with Qtopia, the LiMo stack, OpenMoko or Android. Those are how questions. They're about the developer. Let's...
- Tags: Notebook, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Mobile Linux Reporter, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- What mobile Linux is missing
- What mobile Linux is missingI've always thought Linux could do well hereThere are no driver requirements to satisfy and so it should be easy to develop a device that works well and is cheaper due to the lack of software licensing costs.So far it hasn't been the case..meanwhile a...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Mobile Linux, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-04-05
- What mobile Linux is missing
- Design. While lots of people including Paula were ga-ga over the promise of mobile Linux as exhibited at Intel's Developer Forum in Shanghai, I couldn't help noticing that the devices shown were uglier than Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (It's her centennial today.) ...
- Tags: China, Mobile, Shanghai, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-05
- Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008
- The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- LiMO debuts first mobile Linux platform amid steep competition
- The LiMo Foundation is set to announce at CTIA its first Linux reference platform for cell phone carriers and handset manufacturers. As announced in January, and promised for delivery in March, the foundation will offer up at CTIA its first stab at a standard mobile Linux platform:...
- Tags: LiMo Foundation, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-30
- Texas Instruments joins Linux Foundation for mobile Linux
- Texas Instruments joins Linux Foundation for mobile LinuxDestinationI have no doubts that Linux will conquer this market, as well as the desktop market. In the end, the current monoculture will lose the fight against the virtual diseases viruses and the bad guys criminals.Not only is Linux better structured to face...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Texas Instruments Inc., Mobile Linux, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-03-04
- Texas Instruments joins Linux Foundation for mobile Linux
- Texas Instruments has become an official member of the Linux Foundation, with mobility expert Eric Thomas joining the group's board. (This 2006 phone from Imcosys of Switzerland ran mobile Linux with a TI chip. From Ubergizmo.) Thomas was elected to the board yesterday alongside Larry Augustin and...
- Tags: Mobile, Texas Instruments Inc., Mobile Linux, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-04
- Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: mobile Linux stalled by proprietary lock on industry, lack of neutral Linux platform
- Linux has not made significant strides in the mobile space because the industry is still too tightly controlled by proprietary manufacturers and and too contested by Linux rivals, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth maintains. In an interview with Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin posted last night, the creator...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handset, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Software, Ubuntu, UNIX
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- 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
- First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, Nokia
- The LiMo Foundation is making steady progress on its goal to make Linux a popular mobile operating system. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, several key LiMo vendors including Motorola, Samsung, NEC and Panasonic announced as promised the first set of LiMo-compliant handsets while...
- Tags: LiMo Foundation, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Mobile Linux, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- More heavyweights join mobile Linux group
- More heavyweights join mobile Linux groupMore heavyweights join mobile Linux groupyeah yeah, lots of hype and no results. Heard it all before with these linux groups. I'll still avoid it. I don't want to be talking and have my phone cut off due to a kernel panic.3.0You...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Mobile Linux, heavyweight, Linux, mobile, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?
- Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?Nokia is preparing for phone software becoming a commodity. Nokia willexecute better than anybody else on manufacturing and integrating open source software components. The hand writing is on the wall.By the way, this is very significant in that they are not supporting bothcamps. The...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Mobile Linux, Nokia Corp., Trolltech, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- Will Nokia buying Trolltech accelerate mobile Linux?
- The easy, obvious answer is yes. Nokia's agreement to buy Trolltech for $155 million has to be a big win for mobile Linux. Aren't Trolltech's development products available under open source licenses? Isn't QTopia a leading platform for mobile Linux development? But wait, cynics will...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Fact, Trolltech, Mobile Linux, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Lips Forum releases mobile Linux specs
- Lips Forum releases mobile Linux specsOh I understand what they *HOPE* to do...I just don't see it happening. Or to be more to the point, I see a number of forked versions all trying to become yet another "standard".Endles forking of LinuxTry as they may, the Linux community won't...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, mobile Linux spec, Lips Forum, Mobile Linux, mobile
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
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