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Tuesday 12 February 2008, 3:25 PM
MWC: New phones, Android prototypes, but not much Linux
I'm at MWC, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where the hype level is reaching new records. But we're seeing comparatively little on Linux.
According to MocoNews, Motorola, LG and Samsung have all launched Linux phones.
There's also four or five prototype versions of Google's Android tucked away on stands, including Marvell, ARM, Qualcomm and others. Some of these are packaged up so you can pick them up in your hand, and ARM's has a nice user interface, that integrates Google's mail and maps well.
But overall, there's not much Linux. In smartphones, Symbian goes from strength to strength and - the CEO Nigel Clifford tells us - has been taking market share from Linux in Japan and China, where Linux had achieved quite a lot.
Clifford's most telling remark was that "Linux share" is meaningless anyway. While the Symbian block is fairly homogeneous - give or take a choice of S60 UIQ or other UI - the Linux one is fragmented.
Will Android make this better? I would have said probably, but Clifford is telling us it will get worse.
According to MocoNews, Motorola, LG and Samsung have all launched Linux phones.
There's also four or five prototype versions of Google's Android tucked away on stands, including Marvell, ARM, Qualcomm and others. Some of these are packaged up so you can pick them up in your hand, and ARM's has a nice user interface, that integrates Google's mail and maps well.
But overall, there's not much Linux. In smartphones, Symbian goes from strength to strength and - the CEO Nigel Clifford tells us - has been taking market share from Linux in Japan and China, where Linux had achieved quite a lot.
Clifford's most telling remark was that "Linux share" is meaningless anyway. While the Symbian block is fairly homogeneous - give or take a choice of S60 UIQ or other UI - the Linux one is fragmented.
Will Android make this better? I would have said probably, but Clifford is telling us it will get worse.
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