Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 1st Dec 2006 20:53 UTC
Linux users have been salivating over Trolltech's promised Greenphone for the better part of a year. The "open" Linux phone platform, powered by Trolltech's Qtopia 4 embedded software stack, is bundled with a Qtopia software development kit (SDK) designed to kick-start mobile Linux application development. The first batch of devices has now shipped, and I spent a couple of weeks with a review unit. While it's an interesting package, it's only a first step and in no way a finished product.
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RE[2]: 2 OS means Fragmented?
by DrillSgt on Sat 2nd Dec 2006 17:01
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Member since:2005-12-02
"depends on what you mean by 'widespread use.' "
By widespread use I mean that I can buy a phone to use with a carrier.
"Off the top of my head I'm aware of Windows mobile, Symbian, PalmOS, and mPhone in wide use, although people outside of the Chinese market rarely see mPhone."
I can only go by the market I am in. In California the only smartphones that can be purchased and used with the likes of Sprint or Verizon are Windows Mobile or Palm based. I do know that is not the only market, just what I have seen out here is all. I actually welcome another alternative.
RE[3]: 2 OS means Fragmented?
by Cloudy on Sat 2nd Dec 2006 18:34
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Member since:2006-02-15
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2006-02-15
Unless I am mistaken, there is truly only 2 OS for smartphones available and in widespread use. Introducing this one will make a 3rd and the beginning of serious fragmentation.
depends on what you mean by 'widespread use.'
Off the top of my head I'm aware of Windows mobile, Symbian, PalmOS, and mPhone in wide use, although people outside of the Chinese market rarely see mPhone.
As far as Linux based smart phone OSes, mPhone is in use in China, and there are at least half a dozen others in developement.