techconsumer.com — "The idea is to address the rise in consumer demand for Internet access and advanced applications on cellphones. The seven companies are ARM, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Mozilla, Marvell, MontaVista, and Movial. The new standard chosen: a Linux-based open source platform to be designed for next-generation mobile applications."
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Closed AccountOct 5, 2007
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simehsinghOct 5, 2007
But Microsoft isn't on the list so it can't be good can it?
ilgazOct 5, 2007
Symbian is there which is open source and brand neutral. If they can't produce a good smart device which will make to top electronics lists such as Nokia N800, it is not Nokia's or Symbian's fault or Linux will fix the problem.Nokia N800 running Linux also has commercial, closed source Opera as its browser. Why? Because it works. It serves the users needs. User doesn't care if it is open or not, look, people who would never touch anything "Linux" also buys Nokia N800 tablet device which _is_ running Linux.It is usability and quality of code, nothing else.
Closed AccountOct 5, 2007
OpenMoko was announced before the iPhone, now maybe its not got a UI as good as the iPhone but I doubt its a whole lot worse and it was done before there was much in the way of commercial support, now there are large mobile phone companies behind such projects.Plus being open source it shouldn't be too hard for someone to code a clone of the iPhone UI (Actually some Chinese company did it already, dunno if it was opensource). But unlike the iPhone you will be able to run 3rd party application and theme it etc... Maybe there are some patents on the UI but they can probably be worked around, and you can just grab the code and compile your own since patents only really conver the implementations, which is why FreeType can have the code for the Apple patented antialiasing of fonts, but distros can't release binaries with it enabled.
jqp123Oct 7, 2007
Source code and $3US will buy you a cup of Starbucks coffee. "Source code" does not equal "product".