03-27-2007, 10:00 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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NY Times: "As Mobile Phones Grow More Complex, Carriers Insist on Fewer Operating Systems"
"Two operating systems run more than 95 percent of the world�s computers, but dozens of systems are behind the 2.5 billion mobile phones in circulation, a situation that has hampered the growth of new services, industry executives and independent specialists say...Vodafone, the world�s largest mobile phone company in terms of revenue, has been leading a push to limit the number of operating systems, declaring in November that it would eventually sell only phones that ran on Microsoft�s Windows Mobile, Symbian Series 60 or Linux."
About time, in my opinion. I reserve a special hatred for those crippled, proprietary OSes. However, this article neglects to mention one thing: Linux is not a mobile operating system. It's an operating system kernel, from which one could create... dozens of mobile operating systems. In other words, we've still got a ways to go with standardization, and at least a few carriers (*cough*Verizon*cough*) seem to like their crippled, proprietary phones. That said, at least most major carriers have Windows Mobile options now, which is a good first step. (Free reg required to read article)
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03-28-2007, 09:35 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 554
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And don't you forget "Danger" OS, so much loved by T-Mobile a.k.a. Sidekick if someone is not familiar with it. Plus Palm OS is still out there, and a few more.
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03-28-2007, 02:34 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 76
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What about iPhone?
They forgot the Mac OS X variant that runs the iPhone, numbering in the millions within a year.
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