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Global Mobile Operators Confirm Commitment to Widely Deploy LiMo Handsets
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| LiMo Foundation(TM) today announced commitment from six major operator
| members to specify and deliver handsets using LiMo Platform(TM)
| implementations in 2009. The LiMo Platform represents the vision, inputs and
| best-in-breed contributions of major stakeholders from across the mobile
| industry, enabling operators worldwide to leverage a standard set of
| market-proven OS technologies across many devices while providing deeply
| customized experiences to their customers.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/global-mobile-operators-confirm-commitment/story.aspx?guid=%7B2BDBD409-CE02-4035-984E-C9EFD36E40CA%7D&dist=msr_1
BONDI gives mobile widgets a day in the sun
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| The Open Mobile Terminal Alliance has launched version one of its
| Web-2.0-widget platform BONDI with a reference implementation, software
| developer's kit and endorsements from Opera and the other Linux consortium.
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| BONDI is a selection of extensions to ECMAScript (the scripting language
| formally, and informally, known as JavaScript) to give digitally-signed
| scripts access to phone functions, including location, contacts, camera and
| messaging functions - enabling a scripted application to integrate with the
| phone environment in just the way that iPhone WebApps failed to do.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/omtp_bondi/
LiMo Foundation Gets Ready for Next-generation Platform
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| The next version of the Linux-based mobile platform LiMo is getting closer to
| launch and a number of operators are promising handsets during 2009, the LiMo
| Foundation announced Monday.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159168/limo_foundation_gets_ready_for_nextgeneration_platform.html?tk=rss_news
Linux Phones on Tap for 2009 from Verizon, Others
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| Your next cheap phone might be a Linux phone – but you might never know it.
| The LiMo Foundation announced Monday that Verizon Wireless and other global
| carriers will be rolling out Linux-based phones in 2009, possibly including
| low-cost devices capable of running advanced Web apps.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340603,00.asp
LiMo To Ring In Low-Cost Linux Phones
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| The LiMo Foundation, a loose federation of global carriers that includes
| industry heavyweights such as Verizon and Vodafone, said on Monday that
| several of its member companies plan to roll out low-cost Linux-based phones
| by the end of this year.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213401517&subSection=News
Recent:
LiMo-compliant mobile stack gets touchy
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| Azingo announced a touch-enabled version of its LiMo (Linux Mobile)-compliant
| Azingo Mobile middleware and browser stack. Destined for use on
| Vodafone-delivered handsets, Azingo Mobile 2.0 offers a new runtime,
| homescreen interface, browser, and UI toolkit that together enable a
| smartphone-ready touchscreen- and web-widgets interface.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3132230643.html?kc=rss
T-Mobile Drops The Mother of All Bombshells - More G Series in ‘09!
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| In a Fierce Wireless interview dated earlier today, T-Mobile let slip a real
| doozy. Apparently the 4th largest carrier in the US is not going to rest on
| the laurels of the G1.
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http://androidguys.com/?p=3500
Motorola ditching Windows Mobile?
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| Rumour has it that Motorola is ditching the Windows Mobile platform for its
| smartphone handsets in favour of Google's new Linux-based Android.
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| As reported over on BetaNews, the company has announced to the State of
| Florida that it is to shut down its Windows Mobile development centre in
| Plantation, Florida – with 77 jobs for the chop as a result, added on to the
| 4,000 jobs the company has already 'restructured' this month.
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2009/01/28/motorola-ditching-windows-mobile/1
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