Is the desktop dead?
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| The One Laptop Per Child program, which will be a free software flagship,
| is ample evidence of this trend. It is self-contained. Imagine trying
| to set up a One Tower Case, plus One Monitor, and also, One Keyboard,
| Mouse and Assorted Cables, Per Child program. Just trying to write it
| all down would be bad enough, but the delivery logistics would
| suddenly become horrific.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/is_the_desktop_is_dead
Laptops at half the price of mobiles
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| The laptop will have an operating system (most probably Linux) and
| support all Word-related applications, a web browser and MP3
| capability. Currently, testing of boards have started and people
| involved in the project are certain that in the next month or two
| they would also finalise on the components of the laptop and the
| layout of the motherboard.
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http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=284515&leftnm=8&subLeft=0&chkFlg=
Intersting little bit from the OLPC folks:
One Laptop per Child official criticizes WiMAX community
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| As for innovation, Bletsas may have a point. "Right now, it is
| being targeted at big operators and spectrum regulation is a total
| mess. For innovation, we need a bottom-up approach, and right now
| WiMAX is moving in the opposite direction. Unless things change, I
| don't see a very bright future for WiMAX," he said.
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http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199501564
Related:
Fujistu Siemens chief predicts the empty desktop
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| Joseph Reger told journalists at CeBIT that virtualised client
| PC environments which could be carried on small devices were
| likely to take a big bite out of traditional client PCs.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/15/reger_pcs/
SMS Servers Replacing PCs in India
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| The SMS servers are being used to power an MSR project designed
| to test replacing PCs with SMS servers in the village of Warana
| (map). Mobile phones are used by farmers to access their data.
| In their system mobile phones become the client and SMS is used
| to communicate with the server.
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/sms_servers_bei.html
Mobile phone shipments neared 1 billion in 2006
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| Record U.S. sales and exploding ultra-low-cost markets in
| India helped worldwide mobile phone shipments to end users
| grow 21 percent, to reach 990.8 million in 2006, according
| to Gartner.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7796273079.html
After the Desktop -- What?
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| I would suggest that the open source community should stop obsessing
| with the battle for the desktop, and start focusing on the battle for
| the platform that will replace it. As I have said before, the day
| will soon come when the notion of having to go to a particular
| machine on a particular room every time you need access to
| information or computer power will be as obsolete as the notion
| of having to go to the hand pump over the well in the front
| yard every time you need water.
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http://trevors-trinkets.blogspot.com/2007/02/after-desktop-what.html
Linux expected to be leading Smartphone OS market by 2010
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| I just came across this research by Diffusion Group, which found
| that Linux is set to become the leading Smartphone OS by 2010.
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http://irfanhabib.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/linux-to-take-over-smartphone-os-market-by-2010/
FEATURE: Mobile Linux: Why it will become the dominant mobile OS
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| I see the mobile Linux wave out in the ocean and am sounding the
| alarm--the mobile Linux tide is rising. Be prepared.
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http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/feature-mobile-linux-why-it-will-become-the-dominant-mobile-os/2007-01-03
Linux Growth Accelerates with Server Shipments in 4th QTR 2006
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| Unit shipment growth was flat (0.0% growth) year over year in 4Q06, the
| tenth consecutive quarter of slowing overall shipment growth...
|
| After two consecutive quarters of single-digit revenue growth, Linux
| server revenue growth accelerated once again, growing 15.3% to $1.8
| billion when compared with 4Q05.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/Hardware/Linux_Growth_Accelerates_with_Server_Shipments_in_4th_QTR_2006
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