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08-13-2009, 07:13 AM
Panasonic and NEC announced nine new cell phones on Tuesday that use the open-source, Linux-based mobile operating system called LiMo.
Linux venturing into the mobile market armed with Android and LiMo certainly helps to bring costs down for cell phone makers.
The LiMo foundation (http://www.limofoundation.org/), is a consortium of companies, involved in the development of LiMo targeted for the handset market. The announcement of the new Panasonic and NEC phones is certainly a positive sign that market potential is building up for the software. Other handset makers, such as Samsung and LG Electronics, are also members of the LiMo Foundation. But so far these companies haven't introduced phones using the LiMo software. In 2008, Motorola introduced some devices using LiMo.
Meanwhile, most of the world's largest cell phone makers, including Samsung, LG, Nokia, and Motorola, have said that they will soon introduce phones using the Android operating system.Inspite of tough competition from Android and Symbian, LiMo has gained support from some of the world's biggest mobile carriers, including Vodafone, France Telecom SA's Orange, Japan's NTT DoCoMo, South Korea's SK Telecom, Telefonica and U.S. operator Verizon Wireless, which is jointly owned by Vodafone and Verizon Communications. LiMo also said Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp and touch screen company Immersion Corp have joined the not-for-profit foundation.
Source: cnet news
Linux venturing into the mobile market armed with Android and LiMo certainly helps to bring costs down for cell phone makers.
The LiMo foundation (http://www.limofoundation.org/), is a consortium of companies, involved in the development of LiMo targeted for the handset market. The announcement of the new Panasonic and NEC phones is certainly a positive sign that market potential is building up for the software. Other handset makers, such as Samsung and LG Electronics, are also members of the LiMo Foundation. But so far these companies haven't introduced phones using the LiMo software. In 2008, Motorola introduced some devices using LiMo.
Meanwhile, most of the world's largest cell phone makers, including Samsung, LG, Nokia, and Motorola, have said that they will soon introduce phones using the Android operating system.Inspite of tough competition from Android and Symbian, LiMo has gained support from some of the world's biggest mobile carriers, including Vodafone, France Telecom SA's Orange, Japan's NTT DoCoMo, South Korea's SK Telecom, Telefonica and U.S. operator Verizon Wireless, which is jointly owned by Vodafone and Verizon Communications. LiMo also said Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corp and touch screen company Immersion Corp have joined the not-for-profit foundation.
Source: cnet news