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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> NTT DoCoMo, Intel to Let Users Set OS on Cell Phones
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>| NTT DoCoMo and Intel on Wednesday will publish a set of specifications
>| that will allow users to load a second operating system onto their
>| cell phones, the companies said Tuesday.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| Most of the Japanese carrier's handsets are based on the Symbian or
>| Linux operating systems..
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> http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=26194
This is a massive leap in itself, and appears to completely fly in the
face of the tivoisation move, or at least, is trying to find a third way
around the problem. NTT and Intel are clearly looking to encourage
business customers perhaps for internal capabilities (FMC and similar),
third-party developers (what about all those GPS companies?), and
interested developers of all kinds, to develop for this phone spec.
I wonder who'll make the phones? Anyway - it looks like a very
interesting development area, and illustrates the kind real innovation
which can take place when you walk away from the "proprietary is the
only way" thinking.
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