MontaVista releases new Linux-based mobile phone OS
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InfoWorld - MontaVista Software planned to announce on Wednesday the latest version of its Linux-based mobile phone operating system, expected to be available in November.
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InfoWorld - Despite signs that mobile Linux is gaining momentum -- such as the launch of&#160;Motorola&#39;s Linux-based Razr2&#160;-- heated competition, confusion about goals, and slow-moving consortiums may be hindering growth.
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that today it agreed with MontaVista Software Inc., a US developer of Linux software for telecommunications equipment and mobile handsets, to invest $3 million in newly issued preferred stock for an equity stake in the company.
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The company announces a new version of its wireless messaging and data access software.
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Another mobile Linux platform, this time from Azingo, hit the market on Wednesday, joining an increasingly crowded market of Linux phone software.
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British mobile phone software maker Symbian, part-owned by Psion, unveiled on Wednesday a new version of its operating system that supports high resolution cameras and three-dimensional games graphics.
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NTT DoCoMo Inc., Japan's biggest mobile phone carrier, expects to complete on Wednesday aÂ $3 million investment in Linux software development company MontaVista Software, a DoCoMo spokeswoman said.
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SHOWING JUST HOW seriously it is taking its decision to concentrate on two platforms - Linux and Symbian, Japan&#39;s NTT DoCoMo has decided to sink $3 million in its Linux supplier, Montavista software.
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The first "open" Linux phone is set to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show, although its capabilities as a music player are still unknown. In Listening Post.
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PalmSource today promised a Linux version of its operating system, together with a cut-down offering for use in budget mobiles, after buying mobile phone developer China Mobilesoft.
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The LiMo Foundation plans to announce 18 phones based on its platform, including some that are already on the market, on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The phones come from LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, and others. Included among the&#160;LiMo phones&#160;already used by consumers are Motorola&#39;s Razr2 and Motorokr as well as a number of NTT DoCoMo handsets.&quot;The LiMo platform in Release One uses technology that the founder companies had created from two to three years ago,&quot; said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. That means that some existing phones can now be designated as LiMo handsets, even though Release One isn&#39;t officially available.&#160;LiMo plans to release the first version of its open-source Linux-based operating system platform for mobile phones&#160;in March.Some of the handset makers, including LG, Aplix and Purple Labs, plan to exhibit prototype and reference handsets based on LiMo at the conference. The Purple Labs reference design is a 3G (third-generation) phone designed to cost less than US$100, Gillis said.LiMo also plans to announce on Monday that it will make a software development kit available in the second half of this year. The SDK will provide Eclipse-based tools so that developers can build software for LiMo handsets. Access, Motorola, Wind River and other LiMo members are developing the SDK.&quot;We&#39;re hoping to empower mobile developers on a broad scale to work with us and to bring their applications and services to consumers in a direct way,&quot; said Gillis.Despite the interest in Linux mobile phones and the variety of groups working on it including LiMo, the&#160;LiPS (Linux Phone Standards) Forum&#160;and&#160;Google&#39;s Open Handset Alliance, market momentum has stalled. A recent report from Canalys revealed that total&#160;Linux phone shipments in 2007 were essentially flat&#160;compared to 2006.
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Samsung (005930.KS) and LG  Electronics (066570.KS) on Monday showed new phones using free  Linux software from Mobile Linux foundation, which said in  total 18 phones from seven vendors would use its software.
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Shifts towards open source for handsets and tablets Analysis Nokia may be strengthening its ties with major internet brands to boost its Ovi web services portal, but for a company of this scale, there must also be an agenda to set its own standards in the evolving mobile internet market on which it has staked its future. The Finnish giant's latest software acquisition, of Norwegian Linux player Trolltech, gives it a strong vehicle to launch its own bid to dominate mobile open source standards, an area where Google and Intel have already made aggressive moves. This sees the handset giant making its strongest commitment yet to Linux in its Series 60 smartphone market, and setting Trolltech's Qt platform against other would-be dominant mobile web systems like Google Android and Intel Mobilin.â¦
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After seemingly endless delays, the OpenMoko phone is here. The first version of the NEO 1973 mobile phone, which carries the Linux kernel inside and is not locked to a specific network, is available for purchase from OpenMoko.com.
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PalmSource ha presentato ufficialmente Cobalt 6.1, sistema operativo sviluppato e dedicato per dispositivi smartphone e wireless. Il nuovo sistema operativo integra componenti per la telefonia GSM e GPRS e
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The LiMo Foundation plans to release the first version of its Linux software platform for mobile phones in March, with handsets running the software due soon.LiMo&#39;s goal is to offer handset manufacturers an open, hardware-independent software platform that offers a secure environment for downloadable applications.Publishing the code on time is one thing, but &quot;putting handsets into consumers&#39; hands is the most important proof point,&quot; said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. That will happen very soon, he said.On Monday, the Foundation will publish a beta version of the software&#39;s APIs (application programming interfaces) so that developers can begin writing applications to run on it.The APIs are still beta versions because the underlying software is not yet complete and minor details may change ahead of its release in March, Gillis said.The LiMo Foundation is focusing on phones&#39; middleware, leaving handset manufacturers and operators to choose their own user interface and content applications.That freedom is important, Gillis said, because &quot;the cost of developing the first phone on a platform can be as high as half a billion dollars.&quot;Phone manufacturers may be unwilling to make that kind of commitment to a new operating system if it will also leave them tied to another company&#39;s user interface or content applications, he said.&quot;That&#39;s why Windows Mobile and Series 60 didn&#39;t gain broad traction; suppliers didn&#39;t feel comfortable,&quot; he said.LiMo faces competition from another open platform,&#160;Android, supported by Google&#160;and the Open Handset Alliance.For Gillis, the connection between Android and Google&#39;s content make that another example of a tied operating system.Although the LiMo Foundation&#39;s code is not quite finished, most of it has already been proven in handsets sold or distributed by founder members Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone, Gillis said.Nevertheless, there are some new elements, notably the security model, Gillis said. &quot;Security in handsets is an area that tends to evolve quite quickly,&quot; he said.Since development of the platform began, &quot;there are no major new threats, but it&#39;s about evolving approaches and algorithms that address the security situation.&quot;Although the underlying platform is open, the handsets based on it may not be. The LiMo code includes support for application signing, allowing handset designers or operators to block the execution of unsigned downloads.&quot;The precise rules used for application signing are usually determined by the operator,&quot; Gillis said.However, he said, there are signs that operators are moving away from the &quot;walled garden&quot; they favored in the past to a more open approach.
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Google released an update to the SDK for Android, its mobile-phone operating system.It&#39;s the first update since the SDK was&#160;released in November&#160;and includes changes requested by developers.Google highlighted a couple of changes in the updated SDK, which was released Wednesday. It has a new user interface that the search giant said is still a work in progress.In addition, developers can now support additional file formats in the Android media player. Also, applications can translate an address into a coordinate and the reverse, in location-based programs.Developers haven&#39;t had much time to review the updates; few have posted reactions on the Android developers&#39; blog.Even though developers said that the first version of the SDK was thin, Android has managed to gain momentum. Four chipmakers, including Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, showed off&#160;prototypes that support Android&#160;this week in Barcelona at the annual Mobile World Congress.Still, Android faces competition from the established mobile operating systems as well as companies that have rallied behind LiMo, the consortium that is developing an open Linux mobile operating system. At the conference in Barcelona,&#160;LiMo announced 18 phones&#160;that comply with the operating-system specification that are either on the market already or will be.