Archive for the ‘Platforms: Linux’ Category

Intel Drops MeeGo for Tizen

September 28th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux, Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

Following partner Nokia, Intel has now announced it is to abandon the MeeGo platform as well. Instead, it will be working on a new mobile platform with Samsung that’s called Tizen.

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AR.Drone, Taking Games Beyond the Screen

November 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

Early November, the AR.Drone was launched in The Netherlands. MobileGamesBlog.com was present and met up with Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux to get all the fine details about this supertoy.

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Vodafone Abandons 360 Phone Development

July 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Vodafone has announced that it will no longer be developing and selling devices specifically for its 360 services. Instead, it will start to bring the 360 services to existing phones.

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Japan Builds National Mobile App Platform

April 26th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Six mobile companies in Japan have announced to start developing a national platform for mobile application and game development which should go live in 2012.

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IDC: Android to be 2nd Mobile OS by 2013

January 27th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS, Platforms: Linux, Platforms: Symbian, Platforms: WebOS, Research & Stats | No Comments »

IDC expects Android to be the second biggest smartphone operating system by 2013. By that time, there will be over 390 Million devices in the market that have Google’s OS installed.

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LiMo Will be Vodafone’s Default OS

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | 2 Comments »

To further integrate their Vodafone 360 portal into the lives of consumers, the company has announced that all Vodafone branded handsets for the coming years will carry the LiMo OS.

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LiMo Extends Partnerships

August 12th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

LiMo has announced that the company has signed up KDDI and Immersion to it's platform. This means 12 operators are now on the team. At the same time, the company also announced new phones.

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LiMo Receives more Commitment from Operators

February 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

Good news for the LiMo foundation. Despite the fierce competition of Google's Android, six mobile operators have announced that they plan to launch mobile phones based on the LiMo platform.

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Nokia Shifting High-End Handsets to Linux?

December 8th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

According to Reuters, Nokia's Ukko Lappalainen has confirmed that the company is exploring the possibilities to run Linux on their high end mobile phones instead of good old Symbian.

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Canonicial Prepares Ubunto Mobile

February 28th, 2008 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux | No Comments »

It seems the race for Linux on mobile phones has only just started as now also Canonical has joined in to get their Ubuntu distro in the hands of consumers.