Red Bend Software and Trolltech to Bring Over-the-Air Software Component
Management to Linux Mobile Phones
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| Mobile phones have become sophisticated communications and multi-media
| devices. As functionality increases, so too does the amount of software
| inside mobile phones. Operators, manufacturers and software developers need
| the flexibility and control to update, add, change and remove any software
| component inside the mobile phone at any point during the device's lifetime.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080122/0350817.html
Motorola MOTOMING A1600 3G GPS Linux Smart Phone PDA
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| Motorola announces their new PDA phones, MOTOMING A1600 SmartPhone. The next
| generation of motorola MOTOMING A1200 with enhanced features.
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http://www.storeplace.net/2008/01/21/motorola-motoming-a1600-3g-gps-linux-smart-phone-pda/
Quote for the day:
"One person in Helsinki can quickly write the core of a sophisticated operating
system."
--John Warden, lead attorney at Microsoft
Related:
Mot demo's Linux-based DVB-H handheld
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| Motorola has announced a personal media player (PMP) and related broadcast
| transmission equipment based on the emerging wireless TV broadcast standard,
| DVB-H (digital video broadcast, handhelds). The Linux-based Mobile TV DH01
| handheld will enable the viewing of live, on-demand, and recorded programs,
| says Motorola.
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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS2037776072.html
MOTOMING 2 Has Arrived As Update By Motorola
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| The first MOTOMING (Motorola A1200) was quite the nice handheld, because it
| ran on Linux and had a cool business card recognition program that would
| automatically insert all of that pertinent information into a phonebook
| contact.
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http://www.htlounge.net/articles/4812/1/MOTOMING-2-Has-Arrived-As-Update-By-Motorola
Motorola to introduce next-generation Linux-based Ming handsets in 2Q08
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| Motorola plans to launch its next-generation Linux-based "Ming" handsets in
| the second quarter of 2008, with the hand input intelligence handsets to be
| available in both high-end and entry-level versions, according to Bill Chen,
| general manager of of mobile device business at Motorola Taiwan. Previously,
| the Ming was released only in a high-end version.
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http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20071218PB202.html
Linux the fastest-growing smartphone OS
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| Meanwhile, in the world's largest mobile phone market (China), Linux already
| has a 30 percent share, CCID Consulting Company said in March.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9422438794.html
Motorola sees Linux as its mobile mainstay
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| Cell phones traditionally have used proprietary operating systems, fragmented
| even among one manufacturer's products. Motorola and other vendors have also
| opened up phone platforms through the Java and BREW software environments.
| Linux will help to further expand the community of developers for software,
| which is becoming an increasingly important part of mobile phones, said
| Christy Wyatt, vice president of ecosystem and market development at
| Motorola. The company has shipped about 9 million Linux handsets in the past
| four years and is now extending the OS down from smartphones to midrange
| handsets such as the Razr2.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070808/tc_infoworld/90862
Motorola wins $394 million in China Mobile deals
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| Motorola sealed contracts worth $394 million in the first half of the year to
| supply telecommunication gear to China Mobile, the larger of China's two
| wireless carriers, the companies said Monday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6202156.html
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