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Articles tagged with: Open Source and Palm
Open Source Software in PDAs Assist in Rural Healthcare
A joint project between the United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Group Foundation have used open-source software on mobile devices to monitor health services in rural areas in Africa. The one-year pilot programs in Kenya and Zambia used EpiSurveyor software on Palm handheld devices to facilitate the supervision of public health clinics, and resulted in improved drug supply-chain management and more regular access to public health trends. more
Related Tags: tim, vodafone-group, united-nations, health, Kenya
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
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