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Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009

Opinion by Laurent Lachal, ovum Open Source Research Director

Upwards view: Linux is losing ground

The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.  more

Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, apple, ipod, wind, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, open-source, operating-system, windows, freescale, linux, laptop, os


Nokia Adds Support for Microsoft Silverlight to their Handsets

Nokia has announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS, as well as for Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. The company says that adding support for Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to create interactive applications that run on multiple platforms in a consistent and reliable way.  more

Related Tags: microsoft, symbian, tablets, era, series-40


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