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Articles tagged with: Open Source and Docomo
Mobile Operators Confirm Commitment to Mobile Linux Based Phones
Mobile Linux group, the LiMo Foundation has announced a commitment from six major operator members to specify and deliver mobile phones using LiMo Platform implementations in 2009. more
Related Tags: orange, vodafone, verizon-wireless, verizon, telefonica, telecom-italia, mobile-linux, limo-foundation, linux, true, globe, telefonica,
Nine New Members for the Symbian Foundation
Following Nokia's proposal to buy out its fellow shareholders in the Symbian mobile OS company and release it as an open source platform - the company has now announced that nine more companies have joined the Symbian Foundation. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, semiconductor, texas-instruments, samsung, texas, lg, sony, symbian, symbian-foundation, nokia,, os, motorola,, marvell
Microsoft faces Pressure from Smartphone OS Alliances
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- With the smartphone world increasingly shifting toward an open operating system model, Microsoft and its Windows Mobile face another obstacle in trying to penetrate the consumer market. more
Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, microsoft, samsung, smartphones, driving, open-handset-alliance, verizon-wireless, verizon, gartner, apple, compete, symbian, sk-telecom, operating-system, linux, andrew, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, os
UPDATE: Nokia, Mobile Cos to Create Symbian Foundation
Nokia, Tuesday said it will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian it doesn't already own and with a range of partners create the Symbian Foundation, an open source model for the Symbian wireless operating system. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, microsoft, texas-instruments, samsung, smartphones, driving, texas, apple, motorola, lg, blackberry, panasonic, sony, symbian, samsung-electronics, siemens, operating-system, license-fees, symbian-foundation, olli-pekka-kallasvuo, nokia,, os
Symbian Components to be Offered as Open Source Software
Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo announced today their intent to unite Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) to create one open mobile software platform. Together with AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone they plan to establish the Symbian Foundation to extend the appeal of this unified software platform. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, texas-instruments, samsung, texas, motorola, lg, sony, symbian, operating-system, os, ntt-docomo
Nokia Linux Adoption Is a Defensive Move
Recent developments are further evidence of the growing acceptance of Linux in the mobile communications space. Notably, Nokia announced that it has joined the non-profit Linux Foundation (LF), reportedly to work with the LF on Linux-based technologies, including the Nokia Internet Tablet, in a vendor-neutral environment. The company has also released an SDK, which extends S60 to the open source and Linux communities. more
Related Tags: ims-research, symbian, ims, sdk, linux, linux-foundation
Linux Poised to Expand Role as Mobile OS
The use of Linux as a mobile operating system (OS) has been steadily growing, with an increasing number of companies announcing plans to develop Linux platforms. Linux is uniquely positioned in the OS space with implementations in both the smartphone and feature phone segments. This is in sharp contrast to Symbian, Windows Mobile and Palm which have focused on the smartphone segment. However, Linux phones still represent a small segment of the overall handset market. more
Related Tags: wind, palm, sharp, ims-research, ims, mobile-linux, samsung-electronics, linux, os, ntt-docomo, wind-river, motorola,
Big Push for Linux Based Smartphones
Six industry heavyweights have jointly announced plans to develop a global, open Linux platform for mobile phones. The players in this new initiative include Motorola, NEC, DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone. To help guide these efforts, the companies are also announcing their intent to form an independent foundation. more
Related Tags: nec, panasonic, mobile-linux, linux, panasonic-mobile, motorola,
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