mobile

Symbian Acquired; Open Sourced ... (Read full text)
<b>Roundup:</b> News from Europe this morning reveals Nokia has purchased the Symbian and is open sourcing the embedded OS. Pundits are already wondering what this means for Linux and Android.

Linux mobile distro wins software award ... (Read full text)
linuxdevices.com: MontaVista's Mobilinux 5.0 Linux distribution for mobile phones won an EDN Magazine 2008 "Innovation Award" under the software category. The award for "Innovator of the Year," meanwhile, went to Intel's 45nm semiconductor process technology team. Advertisement: read more

Linux up to speed on mobile devices ... (Read full text)
computerworld.com.au: Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated. Advertisement: read more

Virtualization Goes Mobile ... (Read full text)
Peter Richards, who runs software startup VirtualLogix, carries three phones. He uses a Research In Motion BlackBerry Curve 8300 for e-mail, a Motorola Razr for calls, and an Apple iPhone for mobile Web browsing. He'd rather get that combination of features from a single phone.

Dispelling the Mystery of Android ... (Read full text)
To long-time promoters of mobile Linux, Google's announcement of Android marked a critical market inflection point. At long last, mobile Linux is emerging from a niche to quickly gaining broad acceptable in the mobile world alongside Symbian and Windows Mobile. There is also much misunderstanding about what Android is, and what it is not.

Java ME Is Dead, Long Live Java ME ... (Read full text)
4 of our 6 first quarter projects have major components in Java ME. These are new applications, from companies who understand the porting issues and the complexities. This quarter is not particularly different from other quarters: we get far more work designing applications than designing web sites. Java ME is going to keep on chugging, maybe even seeing a rebirth, for quite a while yet.

Can Linux Make an Impact on Phones? ... (Read full text)
<b>IT Week:</b> "Mobile Linux is gaining attention but handset capabilities are more important than the software platform..."

Ubuntu Mobile ... (Read full text)
1800pocketpc.com: Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices. Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing. Advertisement: read more

Nokia N800 + Flash Player = Perfect Video Blogging tool, or not ... (Read full text)
aralbalkan.com: Both the Eee PC (at least the 4GB model I have) and the N800 have internal web cams and WiFi. So, budding video bloggers, grab your N800s, connect to Seesmic, and start vlogging away. Not so fast. They're a slight niggle. Advertisement: read more

World Mobile Congress: Nvidia Lays Its Chips on the Table ... (Read full text)
Handset makers are gathering in Barcelona this week for the Mobile World Congress, a conference where the market's biggest players show you why that top-dollar phone you picked up two weeks ago will be obsolete by Labor Day. Some of the biggest news coming out of the show focused on the multitude of mobile platforms emerging.




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