Linux the fastest-growing smartphone OS

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux the fastest-growing smartphone OS — Linux will power about 31 percent of all smartphones sold in 2012, and by then will have shipped in 331 million devices, says ABI. The research firm forecasts 75 percent CAGR (compound annual growth rate) for Linux in smartphones through 2012, making it the fastest-growing OS in the sector. ...

Google to sell Linux phone stack?

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Google to sell Linux phone stack? — Forget the device itself. Google will announce next week that it has entered the market for Linux-based mobile phone operating systems or operating system software components, suggests a rumor story posted at device blog Engadget. ...

Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention

clipped from www.engadget.com Man, what a crazy year, right? We know things haven't really been going your way lately, but we want you to know that we haven't given up on you, even though it might seem like the only smartphone anyone wants to talk about these days is the iPhone. It can be hard to remember right now, but you used to be a company we looked to for innovation. You guys got handhelds right when everyone else, including Apple, was struggling to figure it out. And it was the little things that made those early Palm Pilots great -- you could tell that someone had gone to a lot of trouble to think about what made for a great mobile experience, like how many (or rather, few) steps it took to perform common tasks. Continue reading Dear Palm: It's time for an intervention

Google still likely to bid in 700MHz spectrum auction

clipped from www.engadget.com We know, the 700MHz soap opera is wearing a bit on us too, but just in case you were worried that the latest FCC shakeups would deter Google from coughing up $4.6+ billion when the time was right, fret not. Reportedly, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt "told a conference of regulatory and industry leaders in Aspen that his company would 'probably' move ahead with plans to bid for wireless spectrum freed up once broadcast television networks switch to digital from analog in 2009." When asked by T-Mobile USA's government relations chief Thomas Sugrue "whether Google planned to take part in the auctions for wireless broadband networks," the exec simply stated that placing a bid or two would likely be "the way to answer that." So, there you have it -- until next episode...

Sony announces Go! PSP video download service for Europe

clipped from www.engadget.com Sony announces Go! PSP video download service for Europe Among the wealth of Sony news coming out of Europe today are some more details on the previously announced PSP video download service, which is now officially known as the Go! Video Download Service. As we knew before, Britain's Sky Broadcasting is Sony's key partner here, with it providing a range of content from its own channels, as well as from some unspecified third-party channels and content owners it plans to work with. Apparently among the content set to be on offer are the "very latest premier movies and high profile sporting events," which will be available on a pay-per-view basis (no word if there'll be any freebies for other content). According to Sony, PSP users will be able to both download content directly using a WiFi connection, or transfer content they've downloaded using their PC. Look for the service to launch in "early 2008."

Linux smartphone offers Voice Call Continuity

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux smartphone offers Voice Call Continuity — Linux smartphone pioneer E28 says one of its handsets supports VCC 7.0 (voice call continuity) when used with infrastructure equipment from NewStep Networks. The Linux-based E2832 handset is said to have completed interoperability testing with NewStep's Converged Services Node (CSN) equipment for enterprise and carrier networks. ...

Mot's Linux-based RAZR2 V8 previewed

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Mot's Linux-based RAZR2 V8 previewed — Motorola's Linux-based Razr2 V8 is "one of the most beautiful phones ever released," enthuses OSNews editor Eugenia Loli-Queru in an in-depth, hands-on preview. However, the phone's user interface still can't compete with Nokia's S60 and touchscreen-based phone UIs, she suggests. ...

Linux V2IP stack ported to DaVinci

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux V2IP stack ported to DaVinci — Trinity Convergence has ported its Linux-based voice- and video-over-IP ("V2IP") stack to the Texas Instruments DaVinci RISC/DSP architecture. The company says its VeriCall V2IP stack offers device makers proven software for videophones and surveillance/monitoring equipment requiring hi-fidelity audio and H.264 video.

Nokia soliciting ITC's help in barring US Qualcomm chip imports

clipped from www.engadget.com Nokia soliciting ITC's help in barring US Qualcomm chip imports Filed under: Cellphones In the case that simply seems to never end, Nokia and Qualcomm are at each other's throats yet again, and yes, it's still over those darned GSM / WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets. The latest development involves Nokia asking the US International Trade Commission to "bar the import of some Qualcomm chipsets to the United States, alleging that they are infringing five Nokia patents." Of note, it was stated that the ongoing battle is "worrying investors and the industry on both sides of the Atlantic," but at this point, we think the two are just collaborating to create the longest running, most uninteresting legal hissy fit in history.   Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Palm's Linux OS not surfacing until 2008?

clipped from www.engadget.com Filed under: Cellphones That sound you're hearing is the collective sigh from everyone patiently waiting for Palm to actually get its act together and unveil its depressingly overdue Linux mobile OS. Yet again, it seems we've been fooled into believing that Palm actually had its ducks in a proverbial row, as BrightHand is now reporting that Palm CEO Ed Colligan recently announced on a conference call that "products based on the new Linux-based platform won't be available until some time next year." Interestingly enough, Colligan also insinuated that the firm would "continue to use Windows Mobile and Garnet OS / Palm OS II for the foreseeable future." Wait, they can actually see some light at the end of this perpetually growing tunnel? We sure as hell can't.   Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Linux to power Google GPhone?

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux to power Google GPhone? Aug. 03, 2007 — Google's first mobile phone will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments "Edge" chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008, according to unconfirmed reports. "GPhone" call minutes and text messages reportedly will be funded by mobile advertising.

Symbian senior VP defects to mobile Linux

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Symbian senior VP defects to mobile Linux Aug. 06, 2007 — The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, an industry group building a common software stack for Linux-based mobile phones, today announced a dozen new members. The organization also disclosed that rival Symbian's longtime Senior VP of Sales and Professional Services, Morgan Gillis, will soon become its Executive Director.

Motorola ships a U.S. Linux mobile phone

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Motorola ships a U.S. Linux mobile phone Aug. 07, 2007 — SAN FRANCISCO -- It finally happened. Motorola last month quietly shipped its first Linux-based mobile phone "bound for North America," it said. Additionally, the world's third-largest handset vendor (Mot was passed up by Samsung this year) is offering new "MotoMAGX" tools to support native Linux apps.

Reference design targets Linux mobile phones

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Reference design targets Linux mobile phones Aug. 07, 2007 — Access has introduced a software reference design for Linux mobile phones based on Marvell's PXA30x and PXA31x ("Monahans") embedded processors. At LinuxWorld in San Francisco this week, the companies are demonstrating Marvell's "Littleton" reference design running Access Linux Platform (ALP), together with various Orange World applications.

Sprint to offer WiMAX-enabled Linux tablet

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com	Sprint to offer WiMAX-enabled Linux tablet

Aug. 07, 2007 — SAN FRANCISCO -- Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of Nokia's N800 Internet Tablet to North American customers next year, LinuxDevices has learned. The new device will support Sprint's grand scheme of making WiMAX-based 4G wireless services available to over 100 million people during 2008.