Frankly Speaking: Game-changer
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| Will the GooglePhone matter? Last week, Google officially unveiled its
| long-rumored mobile phone software. Dubbed “Android,” the Linux-based
| software stack is being backed by more than 30 partners, including handset
| makers Motorola, Samsung, LG and HTC, and service providers Sprint Nextel,
| T-Mobile and NTT DoCoMo.
|
| But no Nokia. No AT&T or Verizon. No Apple or Palm. No Symbian, Microsoft or
| RIM. Without them, will Android matter at all?
|
| Hold that thought.
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| The day after Google’s Android announcement, the One Laptop Per Child
| Foundation said that its low-cost, Linux-based laptops for kids are finally
| rolling off the assembly line in China. The little green XO laptops, with
| their built-in mesh networking and low-power-consumption design, will start
| shipping to Uruguay and Mongolia shortly.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/6529
>From Danger's realm come Android's makers
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| After years of rumors of a Google phone, the search giant a week ago finally
| unleashed its mobile play: an alliance of handset makers and an open software
| platform dubbed Android.
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http://www.news.com/From-Dangers-realm-come-Androids-makers/2008-1039_3-6218126.html?tag=newsmap
Related:
Celunite joins LiMo Foundation
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| Celunite, developer of a next-generation mobile software platform based on
| Linux and other open source innovations, announced it has become the first
| mobile phone operating system provider to join the LiMo Foundation, an
| independent, not-for-profit entity that strives to increase the adoption of
| Linux within the mobile industry.
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http://www.letsgomobile.org/en/1767/limo-foundation/
One Laptop Per Child (New Version), Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
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| For a regular laptop, this would be the paragraph about its problems, its
| deficiencies. But the thing is, there aren’t any problems with this computer!
| Congratulations, OLPC. You’ve done it. Or will you come out with yet better
| laptops? Is that even possible? We’ll have to see...
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http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1206
(Video) OLPC Interface Walkthrough
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| Previously known as the $100 laptop, the OLPC boasts a 500mhz
| Processor, Linux OS, 1GB Memory, and a Two-Mode Display (Color and B&W).
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http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-olpc-interface-walkthrough
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
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