The reality of mobile Linux: Part one
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| At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ZDNet.co.uk took a look at how
| mobile Linux is already a reality.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39303415,00.htm
The reality of mobile Linux: Part two
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| In the second of a two-part series, we examined a low-cost, Linux-based 3G
| handset that may make a splash at the Beijing Olympic Games, a range of Linux
| devices that are already for sale and Texas Instruments' take on Google's
| much-hyped Android platform.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39303418,00.htm
Recent:
Microsoft's executive shuffle expected Thursday
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| Also leaving is Pieter Knook, longtime head of Microsoft's Windows Mobile
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| unit.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9871715-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft cans key conference
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| SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has decided that it does not love its popular Mobile
| and Embedded DevCon any more and has pulled the plug.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/16/microsoft-cans-key-conference
Linux-based Android and LiMo Dominate Mobile-Phone Show
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| Attention at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona has focused on
| Linux-based mobile platforms, including Google's Android and LiMo.
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http://www.mobile-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=58338
1.24 billion mobile phones to ship in 2008
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| The growth in mobile phone shipments will slow slightly this year due to
| a “tougher” economic environment, but will still increase by 10 percent, to
| 1.24 billion units, a leading market research firm forecasts.
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http://www.deviceguru.com/2008/01/30/124-billion-mobile-phones-expected-to-ship-in-2008/#more-47
Related:
PCs being pushed aside in Japan
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| The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly
| on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act
| like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles,
| digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
Reaching for Apple, Falling Short
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| Frankly, Windows Mobile 6 is a mess. Common features require an infinitude of
| taps and clicks, and the ones you need most are buried in menus. Apparently
| the Windows Mobile 6 team learned absolutely nothing from Windows Mobile 1,
| 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/technology/personaltech/08pogue.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Microsoft's vision for universal mobile platform a little blurred
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| Unfortunately for Microsoft, Windows Mobile is currently not even in the
| second runner in the smartphone operating systems race. Linux, which is
| widely used on mobile devices in China, is second to Symbian with more than
| 13% market share. Windows mobile is a distant third with about 6% share.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15017/1023/
Windows Mobile flaws could crash phones
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| A security firm has found a pair of security bugs in Microsoft's
| Windows Mobile which, if exploited, could crash phones and other
| devices running the software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6155141.html
Trend Micro Finds More Windows Mobile Flaws
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| Trend Micro has again discovered flaws related to Windows Mobile.
| Both of the newly found vulnerabilities are flaws in applications
| that ship by default with Microsoft?s mobile device OS.
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http://blog.trendmicro.com/trend-micro-finds-more-windows-mobile-flaws/
Microsoft shows its hand to stay in the mobile web war
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| Repeatedly it has been asked of Microsoft, why not throw away Windows
| Mobile and build a new generation of software on top of the prevalent
| smart phone operating systems -- Symbian and Linux, or add Windows
| Mobile only as an afterthought?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/06/microsoft_deepfish_mobile_browser/
I'm breaking up with Windows Mobile
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| But tomorrow, I'm saying goodbye, or at least fare-well to my Windows
| Mobile days.
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http://onemanshouting.com/tech/2007/06/05/ImBreakingUpWithWindowsMobile.aspx
T-Mobile Wing Review
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| With that said, Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 is a disappointment.
| Working with a number of applications or "heavy" documents was
| painful. The delay was too much, especially in Word and PowerPoint
| files that it wasn?t possible for us to work with the device without
| messing up somewhere and not realizing it in the end. This lag is
| present across a number of other scenarios as well.
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http://www.cooltechzone.com/Departments/Featured_Story/T-Mobile_Wing_Review_200706042861/
HTC takes a gamble with new brand and OS strategy
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| Despite making gains in the enterprise and becoming a fairly robust
| and well recognized, if relatively minor, smartphone platform, Windows
| Mobile will clearly be just an element in the mobile picture, and
| probably a small one compared to Linux and the growing family of
| Java-oriented OSs like Symbian/Series 60 or Sun's new developments.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/18/htc_new_strategy/
Microsoft Hides Its Mobile and Business Apps Divisions
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| The company is folding its two worst-performing divisions -- Microsoft
| Business Solutions (its business applications unit) and its Mobile and
| Embedded units -- into the Microsoft Business Division and Microsoft Home
| and Entertainment units, respectively.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1990243,00.asp?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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