Linux, lead by Android, tipped to dominate smartphones

Stuart Corner, ITWire, 10/15/2009 Market research firm Telecom Trends International is forecasting that Linux based smartphones will account for 60 percent of the smartphone market in seven years with Android becoming the dominant mobile OS at 25 percent market share. Operating systems embracing the Linux platform include Android, Symbian, WebOS and LiMo, according to Telecom [...]

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Posted on October 15, 2009 at 12:08 pm by lesliemanzara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Motorola quits LiMo Foundation board

Electronista Staff, Electronista, 10/9/2009 Motorola has quit the LiMo Foundation, the mobile Linux group of which it was a founding member, according to a Thursday report. Christy Wyatt, the VP of software applications and ecosystems at Motorola, said on Tuesday she has given up the board of the foundation. The company will instead remain as [...]

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Posted on October 9, 2009 at 6:12 pm by lesliemanzara · Permalink · Leave a comment
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