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Linux for mobile.
Author : Jbuenol
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Linux for mobile devices is increasingly booming. Nowadays, there are a lot of phones based on Linux Kernel. Several projects based on Linux are being developed by developers and companies.
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[edit] Linux Phone Standard Forum
The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) is a consortium founded by a group of telephony operators, device manufacturers, silicon and software vendors who have a strategic focus on Linux® telephony.
[edit] Why has LiPS been created?
To define a standardized software platform which allows applications and services to be deployed across all types of Linux telephony terminals, fostering interoperability and promoting adoption of Linux.
There is growing operator and manufacturer interest in Linux as an alternative to proprietary OS technologies for telephony terminals. However, the continued growth of Linux in this sector depends on industry collaboration and the definition of clear standards that ensure interoperability and guard against fragmentation.
Several organisations are already working to optimise the Linux kernel for use in mobile phones through the definition of standards for the improvement of boot time, power management and other performance-related factors. However, little has been done so far to standardise the higher layers of Linux that enable the applications and services that device manufacturers, third party software vendors and operators rely on increasingly to differentiate their offerings from competitors and generate revenue.
The lack of standardisation has meant that there are significant hurdles to developing and deploying applications and services on Linux-based terminals and this has slowed the mass-market adoption of Linux telephony. LiPS has been created to address this gap and will work to standardise the upper layers of the Linux stack that enable the deployment, development and interoperability of applications and end user services.
[edit] The Mission of LiPS
The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) will accelerate the adoption of Linux® in fixed, mobile and converged telephony devices by standardising Linux®-based services and APIs that directly influence the development, deployment and interoperability of applications and end user services.
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[edit] Mobile Linux Initiative
[edit] LiMo
LiMo Foundation is an industry consortium dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. Backing from major industry leaders puts LiMo at the Heart of the Mobile Industry and makes LiMo the unifying force in Mobile Linux.
The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by the whole global industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process enabling a rich ecosystem of differentiated products, applications, and services from device manufacturers, operators, ISVs and integrators.
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[edit] OpenMoko
Openmoko is a project which encompasses two related sub-projects, with the combined aim of creating a family of open source mobile phones.The project was founded by FIC WAP Version.
The first sub-project is Openmoko Linux, a Linux based operating system designed for mobile phones, built using free software.
The second sub-project is the development of hardware devices on which Openmoko Linux runs. The first device released was the Neo 1973 WAP Version , which was followed up by the Neo FreeRunner on the 25th of June 2008.Unlike most other mobile phone platforms, these phones are designed to provide end users with the ability to modify the operating system and software stack. Other Openmoko supported phones are listed here.
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[edit] Moblin Project
Moblin is an open source project focused on developing software for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and other new categories of devices such as netbooks and nettops. Intel launched the Moblin.org site in July 2007 and significantly updated the site in April 2008 with the launch of the Intel Atom processor family at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai. The Intel Atom processor family is focused on MIDs, nettops and other market segments where low power consumption and low cost are key considerations. The Moblin.org website hosts a variety of tools for developers including a software development kit, source code for all of the major components of the Moblin platform, documentation and sample code.
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[edit] GNOME Mobile Platform
The GNOME Mobile Platform is a subset of the proven, widely used GNOME Platform. The platform definition announced today represents components that are currently shipping in production devices, but GNOME Mobile participants are planning to grow the platform aggressively in the next twelve months, to enable new technologies and functionality.
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[edit] Android
The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware and key applications. Developers can create applications for the platform using the Android SDK. Applications are written using the Java programming language and run on Dalvik, a custom virtual machine designed for embedded use which runs on top of a Linux kernel.
An early look at the the Android SDK is also available. It includes sample projects with source code, development tools, an emulator, and of course all the libraries you'll need to build an Android application.
