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Re: [News] Windows for Phones Gets No Buyers

__/ [ Nick Ballard ] on Saturday 23 December 2006 11:40 \__

> On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:49:42 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> Windows For Basic Phones Is Ready -- But Who's Buying?
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Soleus, the Windows CE based operating system for non-smartphones,
>> | reached version 1.0 today, according to developer Intrinsyc. That
>> | means it's ready to go ? but no retail cell-phone manufacturer has
>> | committed to building phones with the new OS yet.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2075769,00.asp
>> 
> 
> Motorola, NEC, and Samsung are making the move to Linux.  The remaining
> vendors are probably preparing to follow suit.

That's truly the case. That's what journalists say, so it's not a case of
wishful thinking.


Google in talks for branded phone, newspaper reports

,----[ Quote ]
| Will Orange soon be Google's favorite color?
| 
| France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange is in
| discussions with Google about a prospective "branded Google phone,"
| according to a report in the Observer. 
`----

http://news.com.com/2061-10812_3-6144386.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news

Orange has a realtionship with Palm (ACCESS/PalmSource... see below).


ACCESS Linux Platform Named an Orange Approved Platform; Orange Application
Package for ALP Announced

,----[ Quote ]
| ACCESS CO., LTD today announced that Orange has named the Access
| Linux Platform (ALP) as an Orange approved platform across its network.
| In addition, the two companies are working together to develop the
| Orange Application Package for ACCESS Linux Platform-based mobilep
| hones.
`----

http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmaddicts/2006/08/access_linux_pl.html


PalmSource Releases Newly Created Software Library to the Open Source
Community

,----[ Quote ]
| "PalmSource built a tremendously strong community around Palm OS®,"
| commented Bill Weinberg, Senior Analyst, Open Source Development Lab
| (OSDL). "Today, their creation of the Linux-based ALP platform and opening
| up libsqlfs (and other projects) demonstrates their capability to
| build communities around embedded software, and their commitment tof
| ree open source software."
`----

                http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060813/sfsu002.html?.v=8 


Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010

,----[ Quote ]
| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
`----

http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/


EDN highlights Linux's success in phones

,----[ Quote ]
| 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. 
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3014094216.html


Mobile Devices Adopt Open Source

,----[ Quote ]
| You don't have to be completely immersed in the world of technology
| to know that we're in the middle of an open source revolution.
| Even people who don't know much about computers and technology
| can recognize that there's been a rising trend for people to
| customize existing products and openly share information that
| can benefit vast numbers of people and foster creativity. Instead
| of just using what's being given to us, we're starting to take
| control, and this has enhanced the markets and the communities.
| 
| As time goes on, more and more people are desiring software that
| is open, and once they get a taste of what that's like, they then
| move on to desiring operating systems that are open, which has led
| to greater Linux adoption. Linux is an OS that is free and accessible
| to computer users, and if they choose to install and use it, then
| they can let their inner hacker roam free by customizing the OS to
| their liking on so many levels.
`----

http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2420&Itemid=449


ITU: Mobile Linux gaining momentum

,----[ Quote ]
| There has always been a lot of drive behind Linux on the mobile
| in Asia where there is a more experimental attitude towards
| handset platforms, but the word at ITU 2006 in Hong Kong this
| week is that interest in the rebel operating system is bleeding
| over into Europe and the US.
`----

http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/require-reg.html?prevurl=/tcoms/news/articles/20017390585.html&artid=20017390585&producttype=news&from=M@T-TopNews
http://tinyurl.com/yyp6sr


Open Source Goes Mobile

,----[ Quote ]
| A constant theme at the conference was the burgeoning role of open
| source in mobile phones, particularly "smart phones" (those with
| extended functionality like music players, document viewers, etc.).
| What was interesting to me was that most of the discussion about opens
| ource (Linux, really) seemed to be focused on the flexibility and
| cost reduction opportunities it provided for equipment and servicep
| roviders. There was, interestingly, no mention of a desire to
| avoid dependency upon Microsoft's offering; to me this seemed
| strange because Microsoft has a habit of entering markets --
| even hardware markets -- when they're big enough, and causing
| real pain to their partners who depend upon Microsoft for their
| software platform: can you say Zune? As I said, this was not
| mentioned even once, which to my mind indicates a blind spot,
| as I could easily see Microsoft deciding to enter the smart
| phone market when it gets large enough.
`----

http://blogs.cio.com/node/539


Linux makes Mot tops in PDA/smartphone growth

,----[ Quote ]
| Strong Linux smartphone sales in China helped Motorola achieve
| the highest overall year-on-year growth among the top five vendors
| in the PDA/Smartphone market, according to Gartner. In contrast,M
| otorola's Symbian- and Microsoft-based smartphones are "not
| making significant progress," Gartner reports.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8166328994.html


Chinese 3G TEM joins Mobile Linux Initiative

,----[ Quote ]
| Chinese government-owned TEM (telecommunications equipment manufacturer)
| and handset vendor Datang Mobile has joined the OSDL (Open SourceD
| evelopment Labs) and will participate in the Mobile Linux Initiative
| (MLI) to improve the Linux kernel for mobile phones. Datang markets
| 3G infrastructure equipment and handset designs in China and
| globally. 
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9290700765.html


Goodbye Razr, hello Linux-based Motofone

,----[ Quote ]
| Motorola is shipping the first model in its Scpl ("scalpel") line
| of Linux-based phones set to replace the ubiquitous Razr. The
| Motofone F3, available today in India, is an extremely low-end
| phone featuring an "electronic paper" display, breakthrough battery
| life, and usability features for the illiterate. 
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5567800205.html


Smartphones Now: Linux

,----[ Quote ]
| If you thought Linux-based OSes were for back rooms, hardcore
| geeks, and computer science grad students, you'd be right.
| Recently, however, its made great strides toward becoming much
| more "user friendly," even advancing to the point where
| they're usable as phones.
|
| [...]
|
| If you're a first-time smartphone buyer, and have never owned a
| PDA of any kind, then the learning curve for Linux devices isn't much
| different than that of Windows Mobile or Palm OS or Symbian devices...
`----

http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/03/smartphones-now-linux/


Linux prominent at Smartphone Summit

,----[ Quote ]
| An annual technical and business conference devoted to smartphones of
| all stripes, including Linux smartphones, is set for Sept. 11, in
| Los Angeles.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9359456843.html


Smartphone market takes off

,----[ Quote ]
| While new applications such as push email are driving enterprise demand
| for converged devices, they are also becoming popular with consumers,
| according to IDC. Additionally, high-level embedded operating systems such
| as Linux enable enhanced multimedia applications geared toward a richer
| video and imaging experience. As a result, vendors are increasingly
| characterizing these devices as "prosumer," IDC says.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3689767453.html


Linux on Your Smartphone - Motorola A1200

,----[ Quote ]
| If you are already a Linux user, you are probably used to glossing
| over a few inconveniences the rest of the world takes for granted.
| In this sense, the phone lives up to its Linux heritage. If you can
| put up with the minor inconveniences mentioned above, and use some
| simple workarounds, this Bluetooth and GPRS-capable phone may just
| grow on you.
`----

http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/10/08/linux-on-your-smartphone-motorola-a1200/


LEAKED: Motorola loves Linux - E690 PDA Phone

,----[ Quote ]
| It looks like Motorola is making another non-RAZR, which in itself
| is exciting news. The E690 is a PDA/phone that runs on Linux, yes, Linux.
| It has standard PDA touchscreen and writing functions, as well as some
| decent multimedia support - including every video and audio file you
| could want played through two "3D surround" speakers (where you actually
| store the media, we don't really know). The phone also supports
| Bluetooth, WPA with full Internet browsing, and Office App viewing.
`----


MOTOMING is The Best Linux Smart Phone From Motorola

,----[ Quote ]
| On August 23, 2006. Motorolla launched MOTOMING, the best and newest smart 
| phone by them. For his appearance, this clever cellular phone had elegant 
| clamshell modern design with hidden antena.
`----

http://www.storeplace.net/2006/08/26/motoming-is-the-best-linux-smart-phone-from-motorolla/


,----[ Quote ]
| Within the next couple of years, Linux will power more than half of
| the phones shipped by number two global handset vendor Motorola...
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7323967976.html


On the other hand:

,----[ Quote ]
| "The current, integrated architecture of Microsoft Windows is unsustainable 
| - for enterprises and for Microsoft," wrote Gartner analysts Brian Gammage, 
| Michael Silver and David Mitchell Smith. 
`----

http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=6718

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/leaked-motorola-loves-linux-e690-pda-phone-199607.php


Orange first mobile giant off the mark with Linux program

,----[ Quote ]
| Ever since NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone lent their support to Motorola and
| Samsung to create an open Linux handset architecture, the open source
| platform has gained new credibility as the likely leading operating
| system for smartphones in the next generation.
| 
| For the first time, Linux seemed to be gaining not just the political
| positioning, but the technical resources and unity, to be adequate in
| fighting off Microsoft Windows Mobile and possibly sidelining
| Nokia-backed Symbian.
| 
| But Orange has leapfrogged those giants, becoming the first tier one
| mobile carrier to launch a Linux initiative, as opposed to supporting
| some isolated handsets.
| 
| It is focusing its efforts not on the existing major mobile variants
| - notably MontaVista - but on the emerging Access Linux Platform, 
| incorporates the former Palm user interface.
`----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/23/orange_adopts_linux/


,----[ Quote ]
| Smartphones, such as those based on Linux, currently represent about a
| tenth of the wireless phone market, In-Stat says. The research firm
| expects smartphones to account for a quarter of mobile phone sales
| within five years, however. 
`----

                http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2198773219.html


A Million Linux Smart Phones Shipped in China, Q2

,----[ Quote ]
| Sharp posted the highest growth among the top five vendors, with shipments
| of more than a million Symbian FOMA smart phones in Japan during the
| quarter. "Symbian has performed well in what many find a difficult market
| to crack," said Canalys analyst Nick Spencer, "Q2 saw it break the 10
| million cumulative shipment barrier there, thanks to significant volumes
| from not only Sharp, but also vendors such as Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and
| Sony Ericsson.
`----

                        http://www.technologynewsdaily.com/node/3904

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