open source platforms

Even if Google, Symbian, and LiMo Foundation open source platforms merge, it will join other mobile OSes, including Microsoft's and Apple's software Even while new mobile operating systems continue to hit the ...

OStatic: "The partners envision devices that sit between smartphones and laptops, and they sound very much like the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC) tablets, such as the ones Nokia makes.

In light of the fierce competition shaping up for mobile open source platforms, this may be good news."

As Linux-based operating systems continue to proliferate in the mobile communications marketplace, are there too many choices of open-source platforms?

The answer is no, according to the participants in a panel ...

Symbian's decision to make its source code freely available tips the scales in favor of open-source software in smartphones and could make it harder for Microsoft, and even other open-source platforms like ...