Whitepaper assesses Linux in the mobile phone space
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| This EDC whitepaper examines the progress and prospects of Linux in the
| mobile phone market, examining major vendors, application development
| trends, geographic factors, and Linux drivers/inhibitors.
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| * A sharp rise during the Spring of 2006 in the number of mobile
| application developers targeting Linux...
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| * The "widening" field of mobile Linux stack vendors, characterized
| as pureplays, diversifiers, and dabblers
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| * Mobile developers across all major geographic regions are "equally
| compelled" to write applications for Linux, despite the relative shortage
| of devices in North America, as compared to Asia and, to a lesser extent,
| Europe.
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| * OEMs, VARS, integrators, and department-focused enterprise
| engineers are most likely to target Linux, while ISVs (independent software
| vendors) and "corporate-wide" enterprise engineers are less likely to do
| so.
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| * Linux use in wireless devices has grown much faster than predicted,
| and, allowing for some inhibitors such as a lack of cohesive standards,
| the future for Linux in mobile phones is "brighter than ever"
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