GPhone Pics! Open-Source 'Bug' Can Run Android
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| ug Labs founder Peter Semmelhack just gave us a peek at his company's
| prototype "open-source" mobile gadget, which should go on sale next month.
| The "Bug" is essentially a Lego kit for geeks: A base unit can connect to
| modules like LCD touchscreens (the one pictured to the right has two plugged
| in), GPS, a digital camera, and forthcoming doodads like a 3G modem, etc. (If
| you're into hardware engineering, you can also build your own modules.)
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http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/open-source-bug-can-run-android-sells-next-month.html
MontaVista partners with Linux phone stack vendor
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| MontaVista Software announced a joint partnership with Movial aimed at
| simplifying Linux mobile device development. The two vendors will jointly
| integrate, market, and support MontaVista's Mobilinux OS and DevRocket
| development tools with Movial's high-level Internet Experience Suite (IXS)
| interface stack, they said.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8467664464.html
Recent:
Devices and Consumer Electronics Products
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| The joint solution includes the MontaVista embedded Linux operating system,
| MontaVista DevRocket development tools, and the Movial Internet Experience
| Suite (IXS) to provide custom-branded user interfaces that seamlessly combine
| Internet browsing, Internet communications, media consumption, and other
| functionalities needed in mobile devices.
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http://www.pr-inside.com/montavista-software-and-movial-announce-joint-r306948.htm
3DLABS Introduces Linux 2.6.21 Developer Kit for Its DMS-02 Media-Rich
Applications Processor
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| 3DLABS Semiconductor, a pioneer in media-rich application processors, today
| announced the immediate availability of its Linux 2.6.21 based Software
| Development Kit (SDK), bringing the latest open source innovations to
| developers and device makers using its DMS-02 processor to deliver unrivalled
| application and media processing performance within low power environments.
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http://embeddedtechjournal.com/news_2007/11/20071113_05.htm
Related:
The Secret Life of Embedded Linux
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| Manufacturers have to weigh sometimes competing factors when selecting
| Linux over Windows or a proprietary OS in consumer products. Often,
| the flexibility of Linux balances out those differences, sometimes
| it does not.
|
| Clearly, though, Linux's freedom and flexibility are driving the
| trend to putting Linux inside consumer products that are not
| encumbered with hardware restrictions. Manufacturers are not
| dependent on a single vendor with Linux.
|
| "Linux is a moving trend. More and more manufacturers are using
| it," concluded MontaVista's Ready.
|
| Yaghmour concurs. "Every engineer adapts it and expands the user
| base," he said. "Anybody who wants to enter the market is using
| Linux due to its low cost. It is hard to justify changing for a
| proprietary OS."
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http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/56436.html
Linux loyalty runs high among embedded software developers, says VDC
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| Looking ahead, 87% percent of Linux users plan to use Linux in their next
| project. In both cases, use of free distributions outnumbered use of paid
| distributions by a sizable margin.
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http://software.tekrati.com/research/9436/
Linux to grow 278% in embedded/mobile/real-time apps
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| Linux use in "next" embedded, mobile, and real-time projects will grow 278
| percent over that in "previous" projects, suggests a recent survey by Venture
| Development Corp. (VDC).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7115758310.html
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