Linux gains "embedded" maintainers

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux gains "embedded" maintainers — May 27, 2008 — Linux kernel development is funded mostly by "enterprise" interests; yet, Linux is the top OS in devices and embedded systems. Now, two "embedded" maintainers have been added, and an official "linux-embedded" mailing list launched, to ensure that embedded interests are represented under Linux's meritocratic governance model. ...

Linux phone design house opens Korean office

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Linux phone design house opens Korean office — May 22, 2008 — A French company that designs mobile phones based on Linux and the LiMo Platform has announced the opening of a sales office in Seoul, Korea. The new Purple Labs office will be run by Grant Jang, reporting to Gordon Tsang (pictured), the company's SVP for Asia. ...

Single-chip GPS receiver supports Linux

GPS will eventually become a standard in cell phones.

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Single-chip GPS receiver supports Linux — May 21, 2008 — Taiwanese vendor SkyTraq has announced what it claims to be the world's highest-integration single-chip GPS receiver. The Linux-compatible Venus634LP measures one square centimeter, and integrates an LNA (low noise amplifier), SAW (surface acoustic wave) filter, GPS RF front end, and Venus6 baseband processor.

Google shows off Android goodies

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Google shows off Android goodies — May 29, 2008 — Search giant Google yesterday demonstrated gesture- and touchscreen-based password entry on a prototype Linux Android phone, according to reports. Part of a Google developer conference, the demonstration also reportedly showed off a "compass" feature that adjusts Google Maps' Street View according to the user's orientation. ...

Ten Android Challenge winners featured

clipped from linuxdevices.com Ten Android Challenge winners featured — May 20, 2008 — Location awareness seems be the common thread of the hottest new Android apps, according to an eWeek article. Clint Boulton's story there briefly profiles ten winners of the recent Android Challenge, most of which tap the Android design's GPS device. ...

Netflix Player runs Linux

Ok - it's not about cellular - but I liked it.

clipped from linuxdevices.com Netflix Player runs Linux — May 20, 2008 — [Updated May 23] -- Netflix is offering a $100 set-top box aimed at enabling subscribers to stream movies on demand, using a broadband Internet connection. The player runs Linux, and is supplied by Roku, a California-based company known for its Linux-based PVRs (personal video recorders). ...

World's cheapest Linux-based laptop?

Nice - too bad it's mips. I would have preferred ARM based.

clipped from linuxdevices.com World's cheapest Linux-based laptop? — May 20, 2008 — A Hong Kong-based manufacturer is shipping a Linux-based ultra-mini PC (UMPC) laptop for only $250 ($180 in volume), which appears to give it the lowest price yet for a Linux laptop. Bestlink's Alpha 400 offers a 400MHz CPU and a 7-inch, truecolor display.

Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org

clipped from linuxdevices.com Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org — May 14, 2008 — [Updated May 15] -- Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its "platform of choice," it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo), an industry group it and seven other companies joined today. ...

Android Developer Challenge announces first-round winners

clipped from linuxdevices.com Android Developer Challenge announces first-round winners — May 13, 2008 — The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) has announced 46 winners out of 1,788 submissions for the first round of the Google Android Developer Challenge. Each winner earns $25,000, with the chance to compete for awards of $275,000 and $100,000 in later rounds.

Lightweight browser ported to Linux-friendly DSP

clipped from linuxdevices.com Lightweight browser ported to Linux-friendly DSP — May 13, 2008 — Japanese phone stack vendor Access has ported its lightweight NetFront Browser (pictured at left) to support Analog Devices' (ADI) Blackfin digital signal processor (DSP). The combined, Linux-compatible technologies are aimed at Internet-enabled devices such as the IP set-top boxes (STBs). ...

Balanced XIP and the AXFS filesystem

clipped from linuxdevices.com Balanced XIP and the AXFS filesystem — May 09, 2008 — This whitepaper compares four approaches to storing program code on flash memory, including eXecute-in-place (XIP), fully shadowed, demand paging, and "balanced" XIP. It concludes that balanced XIP can save memory costs, while lowering launch time, especially when used with the open source AXFS (advanced XIP filing system) for Linux. ...

Sun demo's RIA tools on Android

clipped from linuxdevices.com Sun demo's RIA tools on Android — May 08, 2008 — At this year's JavaOne conference, Sun Microsystems demonstrated its JavaFX technology for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). The Linux-based, GPL-licensable technology will first appear for desktop operating systems (OSes) this Fall, says Sun, with JavaFX Mobile and JavaFX TV due in Spring 2009. ...

New Palms on horizon?

clipped from linuxdevices.com New Palms on horizon? — May 07, 2008 — According to TamsPPC -- the PocketPC Blog, Palm is rallying software partners for a Q3 launch of two Treo successors. The blog reported an insider tip on two Palm smartphones code-named "Zeppelin" and "Skywriter," which have been rumored to run Linux and/or Windows Mobile. ...

Ubuntu ported to a PDA

clipped from linuxdevices.com Ubuntu ported to a PDA — May 07, 2008 — Ubuntu Linux 7.04 is now available for Sharp's Zaurus PDAs. The 0.1 release comes with a minimalist filesystem that can be launched in an emulator, enhanced with software from the vast Ubuntu archives, and then flashed onto a real Zaurus. ...

Linux phone maker updates tools

clipped from linuxdevices.com Linux phone maker updates tools — May 06, 2008 — Motorola will preview native Linux and Webkit widget development tools for mobile phones this quarter, it said. Additionally, at JavaOne this week, the handset vendor launched updated Java ME (Micro Edition) tools, and announced a beta release of Symbian UIQ development tools. ...

World's first "pico projector" debuts -- but where's the Linux?

clipped from linuxdevices.com World's first "pico projector" debuts -- but where's the Linux? — May 02, 2008 — Sunlink International has announced a Windows CE-based PMP (personal media player) with a built-in "pico projector." The battery-operated, index card-sized "SunView Mobile PMP" features an adjustable-focus FLC (ferroelectric liquid crystal) projector claimed capable of casting a 54-inch VGA (640x480) image up to two meters (6.5 feet). ...

Qt rev'd

clipped from www.linuxdevices.com Qt rev'd — Trolltech has released a new version of its cross-platform application development framework. Qt 4.4 incorporates the open source Webkit browser engine, Phonon multimedia framework, and Qt Concurrency threads library for multicore, while adding support for Windows CE and Windows Mobile as build targets. ...