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Vodafone: Embracing Open Source with Open Arms
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| Vodafone itself used betavine to enlist those enthusiasts to test a software
| add-on that enables mobile broadband customers to access the Internet via
| Linux.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_16/b4127052262113.htm?chan=globalbiz_europe+index+page_top+stories
Recent:
Vodafone signs Linux deal with U.S. firm Azingo
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| Vodafone (VOD.L) has picked U.S. software firm Azingo to develop Linux-based
| applications, the latest sign the world's largest wireless operator by sales
| is keeping Linux operating system LiMo as one of its key choices.
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| Privately held Azingo unveiled the deal on Thursday.
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| Vodafone, one of the founding members of mobile Linux foundation LiMo, has
| stressed the importance of cutting the number of different operating systems,
| raising some media speculation it could dump LiMo support.
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http://uk.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUKL374814320090205
Vodafone Music goes DRM-free, throws in free upgrades
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| Vodafone announced today that it has reached deals with three of the Big Four
| labels, allowing it to sell over a million music tracks sans DRM. Best of
| all, customers who already purchased protected WMA tracks can upgrade to the
| unprotected MP3s for free—something iTunes should have done when it decided
| to ditch DRM earlier this year.
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http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/03/vodafone-music-goes-drm-free-throws-in-free-upgrades.ars
Dell Linux-based Inspiron 9 Netbook Now Available For Free With Vodafone
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| The Linux version sports an 8 GB hard drive and comes with a 1.6GHz Intel
| Atom processor along with 1GB of memory and low resolution 0.3-megapixel
| webcam and has price tag of GBP 269 attached to it.
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http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/10/07/dell-linux-based-inspiron-9-netbook-now-available-free-vodafone/
Dell and Vodafone tie the knot
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| The package will mean that users get a mobile internet service, built-in
| without the need for an additional modem.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/feeds/rss/generic/en/GB/inq/latest/gb/inquirer/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/05/dell-vodafone-tie-knot
http://tinyurl.com/5jwqft
Can Dell and Vodafone play leapfrog with Linux?
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| The technology and buzz keep on coming in the netbook space, which consists
| of lower-cost, smaller-size notebook computers (many of them Linux-based)
| that are as much like a smartphone as they are like a PC.
|
| [...]
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| Linux certainly has cost advantages for netbook manufucturers, which
| typically pass savings or technical bonuses on to consumers. There’s also a
| real possibility that Linux will have an advantage when it comes to adding
| applications. After all, if you pay $350 for a computer, do you really want
| to spend $100 or $50 or even $25 on applications for it? With Linux, users
| will have the ability to browse, add and, equally importantly, remove
| applications as they wish. Try that with XP. Some vendors, including Xandros,
| also see an opportunity in providing the applications and content that go
| along with netbooks, at least ones that are running Linux.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/09/05/can-dell-and-vodafone-play-leapfrog-with-linux/
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