Linux adoption - it's the ecology stupid!
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| Small wonder that some mobile operating platforms are kept closed
| by the handset vendor and tailored specifically for their needs
| alone. This has become particularly noticeable with open platforms
| based on a Linux kernel. Based on industry measurements the number
| of mobile devices with Linux underpinnings is significant--worldwide
| it might have been as many as 26% of smartphone shipments in the
| first quarter of 2006, according to Gartner.
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http://www.it-director.com/business/innovation/content.php?cid=9039&ref=fd_itd
Related:
EDN highlights Linux's success in phones
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| Linux powered about a quarter of all "feature phones" shipped in
| 2005, according to market analysts cited by Webb. Linux grew
| fastest in Asia, in phones from NEC, Panasonic, and Motorola,
| he notes. Meanwhile, mobile subscribers worldwide are expected
| to grow from 100 million to about 350 million, thanks largely to
| cellular rollouts in India, he says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3014094216.html
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