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Mobile Linux group gets wider support
A nonprofit organization formed by six of the biggest names in the cell phone business to promote the use of Linux of handsets has gotten wider industry support.
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The LiMo Foundation was formed by hardware-makers Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics, and carriers NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone Group Services and was announced in January this year.
New core members of the group are: Aplix, Celunite, LG Electronics, McAfee and Wind River Systems; and new associate members are ARM, Broadcom, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Innopath Software, KTF, MontaVista Software and NXP B.V.
Together the group will work to create a Linux platform for mobile devices. A standard platform not just promises to reduce development time for new cell phones but could also provide a common platform on which to build applications so expenses can be lowered.
The first handsets based on the LiMo platform are due on sale in the first half of next year, the foundation said in a statement.
The IDG News Service is a Network World affiliate.
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