Hybrid nano-PC phone runs Linux

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Hybrid nano-PC phone runs Linux — Mar. 24, 2008 — A Korean company has announced a unique mobile device melding an x86-based nano-PC with an ARM-based mobile phone. Miu's HDPC can run Linux, Windows CE, or Windows XP on its 500MHz Via C7-M processor, while a 200MHz ARM9-based system-on-chip runs an unspecified mobile phone OS. ...

A third of all phones "smart" in five years

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com A third of all phones "smart" in five years — Mar. 20, 2008 — The smartphone market will grow from around 10 percent of total handset sales in 2007 to 31 percent in 2013, says an ABI Research study. Future phones will boast such luxuries as touchpads, tilt/shock sensors, and tactile feedback, says the study, with Linux and Windows Mobile increasingly challenging Nokia/Symbian. ...

IBM Tutorial harnesses Android for XML, RSS

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Tutorial harnesses Android for XML, RSS — Mar. 20, 2008 — IBM's DeveloperWorks has published a tutorial on using the Eclipse-based developer tools for Google's Android mobile phone platform to work with XML. Frank Abelson's latest exploration of Linux-based Android platform shows how to use XML to build a mobile RSS reader. ...

Linux vendor bags top Eclipse award

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux vendor bags top Eclipse award — Mar. 19, 2008 — The Eclipse Foundation awarded its EclipseCon 2008 Technology Awards yesterday, and named Wind River Workbench (pictured at left) as the "Best Commercial Eclipse-Based Developer Tool." Other award winners included EclEmma, Cyrano, Xmind 2008, and MyTourbook. ...

WUSB chip gains Linux-based dev kit

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com WUSB chip gains Linux-based dev kit — Mar. 17, 2008 — Fabless semiconductor vendor Staccato Communications has shipped a development kit aimed at helping product designers add its WUSB (wireless USB) chips to mobile handsets, digital cameras, printers, portable media players, mass storage, and wireless audio/video devices. The Ripcord1 Development Kit includes an XScale PXA270-based SBC (single-board computer) running embedded Linux. ...

Android port turns phones into webservers

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Android port turns phones into webservers — Mar. 17, 2008 — Webtide has announced a port of its open source Jetty webserver to the Android mobile phone platform. The i-Jetty technology allows mobile phone users to set up AJAX- and Comet-enabled websites on their Android phones for access via desktop PCs over the web, says Webtide. ...

LF summit features mobile and CGL sessions

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com LF summit features mobile and CGL sessions — Mar. 12, 2008 — The Linux Foundation announced the speakers and agenda for its invitation-only second annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. Held on April 8-10 in Austin, Texas, the summit features a few embedded panels, along with various presentations related to kernel and desktop/enterprise topics. ...

Linux powers "mash-up platform" for phones

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux powers "mash-up platform" for phones — Mar. 12, 2008 — Virginia-based startup 4DK Technologies has used Linux and high-availability middleware to build a "mash-up platform" for wireless carriers offering IP-based services. The "SuperConnectivity" service includes a "Scamp" middleware stack for mobile devices, along with a "Scout" service application built on MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) and Enea's Accelerator Platform. ...

Icahn Plans More Legal Action Against Motorola

clipped from www.informationweek.com Pressing his campaign to break up Motorola (NYSE: MOT), billionaire financier Carl Icahn said he is going to court today to force Motorola management to turn over documents about its struggling Mobile Devices unit. Icahn, who has said he has a 6.5% stake in Motorola, has argued that Motorola's pieces are worth more than it's whole and favors spinning off the mobile handset operation as a separate company with a new CEO. Motorola's new CEO Greg Brown has been aggressively moving to shore up the mobile devices unit, which has rapidly been losing market share in recent months. Brown, too, appears to be working to break up Motorola, although on terms set by the current management.

New report examines Android, Linux

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com New report examines Android, Linux — Mar. 10, 2008 — British research group Visiongain says it has released a report on Android, the Google-backed Open Handset Alliance's (OHA) Linux- and Java-based mobile phone specification. The report appears to include lots of background on Linux and the market for embedded Linux OSes, tools, and services. ...

Intel launches mobile device chips

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Intel launches mobile device chips — Mar. 03, 2008 — [Updated Mar. 4] -- Intel has branded its next-generation mobile device chips, previously codenamed "Silverthorne" and "Menlow." Built on 45 nanometer process technology, the Atom processor uses a new single-issue x86-compatible micro-architecture designed to compete with ARM in mobile designs, while mating with "Centrino Atom" chipsets ...

Openmoko post mechanicals designs

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux phone mechanicals published — Mar. 03, 2008 — Mobile phone design company Openmoko has posted industrial design source CAD files for its Linux-based, open source Neo 1973 phone (pictured at left). Openmoko has also committed to providing open source access to the mechanicals for its upcoming Neo Freerunner phone design. ...