12-21-2005, 11:00 PM
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NTT DoCoMo Buys 11.66% of Palm OS
"...at the end of November, NTT DoCoMo announced that it is raising its investment in Access Corp to 11.66% of the company's stock. That's right, the same Access that just bought PalmSource. So DoCoMo, one of the world's most powerful operators, now owns 11.66% of Palm OS and the upcoming Palm OS for Linux. This story got passing mentions on some Palm OS bulletin boards, but I didn't see anything about it anywhere else."
I wonder how many phones we will eventually see out there with Linux. For those who don't know (or care) Linux is essentially Unix. My first PC was a Unix box. Anyone remember the HP9807 Integral? I digress. I am curious to see how much affect this will have on the Linux phone market. Thoughts?
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12-22-2005, 12:07 AM
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Intellectual
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Linux is an OS designed for Servers and large scale computers. It will never work well on phones.
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12-22-2005, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Rebecca
Linux is an OS designed for Servers and large scale computers. It will never work well on phones.
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Don't know about that. If I'm not mistaken Tivo runs on Linux.
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12-22-2005, 12:16 AM
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NTT DoCoMo won't use Palm OS on their phones - it's not their style.
They take the basic components of Linux and Symbian and add a lot of their own work to it, especially when it comes to the UI.
Perhaps Access will license a Palm-less Linux to NTT DoCmo?
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12-22-2005, 01:27 AM
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Re: NTT DoCoMo Buys 11.66% of Palm OS
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Originally Posted by Jerry Raia
"...This story got passing mentions on some Palm OS bulletin boards, but I didn't see anything about it anywhere else."
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Or Geekzone, an hour after the press release. Oh, he doesn't read Geekzone :lol:.
Seriously though, NTT DoCoMo runs Symbian in some of their FOMA handhelds, but Access Netfront is the standard browser for all of their handsets - I think they're not buying more (they already had some) shares of Access Corp because of Palm or Linux.
Access Netfront is used as an embedded browser in top sets, feature mobile phones, Symbian S60, Palm and Windows Mobile devices - the last is probably the smallest portion of the pie.
No, it's not the Linux OS (NTT DoCoMo - Access - Palm). It's just the browser.
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12-22-2005, 01:40 AM
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Thanks for shedding some light on this. 
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12-22-2005, 02:53 AM
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Re: NTT DoCoMo Buys 11.66% of Palm OS
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Originally Posted by freitasm
Or Geekzone, an hour after the press release. Oh, he doesn't read Geekzone
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Fair enough. I just subscribed to your feed.
I don't think any of us knows exactly what Access and DoCoMo are doing together, and my point wasn't to hype Palm OS. What I'm trying to do is educate people about how different the mobile OS competition looks in different parts of the world. There's intense interest in mobile Linux in Asia, and a lot of companies willing to invest money in it. Considering how much of the world's mobile hardware is built in Asia, I think that's a trend worth watching.
Mike
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12-22-2005, 02:58 AM
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Oracle
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I've subscribed to your blog now - impressive CV on you...
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12-22-2005, 05:41 AM
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I agree with Freitsm.
PIE sucks so bad, Opera is so so.
Netfront is really nice, with flash, multiple windows, j2me, etc support. I used 3.2 until I got a HP 4700. Best darn browser out there. They would get alot of converts if they packaged this browser.
Anyone try v 3.3 Tech preview yet? They just released the RC, good until Jan 31, 06.
To paraphrase a political campaign - Its the browser stupid.
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12-22-2005, 05:51 AM
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Re: NTT DoCoMo Buys 11.66% of Palm OS
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Originally Posted by Mike Mace
There's intense interest in mobile Linux in Asia, and a lot of companies willing to invest money in it. Considering how much of the world's mobile hardware is built in Asia, I think that's a trend worth watching.
Mike
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I totally agree. Welcome to the site.
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