LiMo Foundation Joins the Wholesale Applications Community
Mobile Tech News, 10/18/2010 LiMo Foundation today announced that it has joined the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) as an Associate Participant with a view to congregate developers around a robust application distribution ecosystem and an unrivalled addressable market. All future releases of the LiMo Platform will support the WAC runtime, thereby enabling LiMo developers to [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, LiMo
LiMo rumoured set for recall to Linux mothership
Bill Ray, The Register, 8/4/2010 The operator-backed LiMo Foundation is on the verge of folding into the Linux Foundation, according to Taiwanese manufacturers working with the standard. Digitimes reports that Vodafone has given up on the platform following poor sales of its LiMo-based Vodafone 360 handsets, and that the remaining partners are having a hard [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: API, LiMo, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, Vodafone
LiMo Foundation and GNOME Foundation Partner to Catalyze Further Open Source Innovation
BusinessWire, 7/26/2010 LiMo Foundation and GNOME Foundation today announced a key partnership with the objective of collaborating closely on open source innovation. Starting immediately, LiMo Foundation will become a member of GNOME Foundation’s Advisory Board and GNOME Foundation will become an Industry Liaison Partner for LiMo Foundation. This development represents a natural formalization founded upon [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux
Nokia Dumping Symbian for MeeGo on N-Series Phones
Reuter, PCMag.com, 6/25/2010 Nokia Oyj will use Linux MeeGo software in its flagship N-series smartphones, hoping the new platform will give it a better chance to battle rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc. The N-series has been Nokia’s crown jewel for years and it dominated the smartphone market before Apple’s iPhone was introduced [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Nokia
LiMo to launch handsets on three more major carriers this year
Todd Haselton, MobileBurn, 5/19/2010 The Linux Mobile (LiMo) foundation’s executive director, Morgan Gillis, said that Vodafone was the first of four total carriers that will launch handsets this year during the Reuters Global Technology Summit. The carriers could be subsidiaries of France Telecom, Telefonica Verizon, or SK Telecom. The LiMo foundation was launched in 2007 [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Verizon, Vodafone
2009: A breakthrough year for mobile Linux
Eric Brown, Linux Today, 1/3/2010 In 2009, mobile consumer devices including netbooks, e-readers, tablets, MIDs, PMPs, and mobile phones were increasingly dominated by embedded Linux or the Linux-based Android. LinuxDevices presents four updated showcases of story summaries for netbooks, phones, and other portable devices, recalls 2009 highlights ranging from the Kindle to the Droid, and [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology, Palm (HP), Symbian · Tagged with: Bluetooth, Ericsson, HTC, LiMo, Linux, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone
Why is Google Android beating Symbian?
Matt Asay, CNET, 11/16/2009 In the battle of the open-source mobile platforms, developers have at least two choices: Google Android, which is open source but (relatively) closed development, or Symbian, which is open source…once it gets around to releasing the full source code. Guess which one is winning? Gartner expects Android to become the second-most [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Nokia
Samsung denies claims of dropping Symbian
Electronista Staff, Electonista, 11/12/2009 Samsung dropping Symbian not part of strategy: Samsung’s senior VP Don Joo said the electronics manufacturer will be dropping Symbian in favor of its bada mobile operating system developed in-house, the company has responded by denying this likelihood. According to a Thursday statement, Samsung says such a strategy is not in [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology, Symbian · Tagged with: Ericsson, LiMo, Linux, Nokia, Samsung
Toward a freer Android
Jonathan Corbet, LinuxToday, 10/202009 Linux-based mobile phone platforms are really just specialized distributions. Like other distributions, phone platforms will live or die based on how well they meet the needs of their users. The Android platform has a high profile at the moment as the result of the entry of more handsets into the market, [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LiMo
LiMo Fights Back
Elizabeth Woyke, Forbes.com, 10/16/2009 As Google expands its influence in the wireless industry, a rival mobile Linux consortium plots its response. It takes guts to compete with Google. Morgan Gillis knows this first-hand. As executive director of the LiMo Foundation, Gillis oversees the creation of a Linux-based operating system that is widely viewed as a [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: LiMo, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, Verizon, Vodafone