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Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones
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| "It's going to be terribly important," Nokia's Chief Financial Officer Rick
| Simonson told an investor conference when asked about the role of Linux-based
| tablets.
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| He said the company has been developing the next generation of Linux-based
| products, which are starting to come to the market.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKL207696020080520
This is *huge*. Nokia used to mock it. Now, with Qt and Maemo, it seems willing
to finally embrace (and cannibalise its own crown jewel in the process).
Also in the news:
Nokia "definitely" preparing Linux-based phones, flavor unknown
http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/20/nokia-dehttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/20/nokia-definitely-preparing-linux-based-phones-flavor-unknown/finitely-preparing-linux-based-phones-flavor-unknown/
http://tinyurl.com/3usutw
Nokia: Linux to become more popular on Mobile Devices
http://stuff.techwhack.com/3687-nokia-linux
Verizon Dials Up Support For Mobile Linux
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3747921/Verizon+Dials+Up+Support+For+Mobile+Linux.htm
If you can't fight them, join them.
Recent:
Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org
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| Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice,"
| it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone
| competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications
| from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo), an industry group it joined today,
| along with seven other companies.
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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7113682989.html
Update: Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group
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| Verizon Wireless is throwing its support behind mobile Linux, becoming the
| first U.S. operator to join the LiMo Foundation, a group developing mobile
| Linux technology
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/14/Verizon-Mozilla-join-mobile-Linux-group_1.html
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