Thursday, April 19, 2007
Create Ringtones The Open Source Way
Create Ringtones The Open Source Way
The folks over at younevercall.com have put together a handy guide for Linux users looking to create their own ringtones. With cellphone companies charging as much as $3 for a twenty second ringtone, the guide should help Linux users save a little cash.
Source: Compiler @ Wired News
The folks over at younevercall.com have put together a handy guide for Linux users looking to create their own ringtones. With cellphone companies charging as much as $3 for a twenty second ringtone, the guide should help Linux users save a little cash.
Source: Compiler @ Wired News
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Imity Source is Now Open
Imity Source is Now Open
Feb 2007 news item
Consider Imity as your pocket radar. Imity uses your mobile phones to sense people around you. If Imity is active on your phone, from your pocket, it will sense other Imity users and mobile phones with discoverable Bluetooth...
Interestingly for the open source world, Imity has announced that the source will be open.
Read the brief announcement from the Imity web site
via: O'Reilly Radar post
Feb 2007 news item
Consider Imity as your pocket radar. Imity uses your mobile phones to sense people around you. If Imity is active on your phone, from your pocket, it will sense other Imity users and mobile phones with discoverable Bluetooth...
Interestingly for the open source world, Imity has announced that the source will be open.
Read the brief announcement from the Imity web site
via: O'Reilly Radar post
Labels: mobile
Linux Foundation Expands Membership With Marvell, Nokia and VirtualLogix
Linux Foundation Expands Membership With Marvell, Nokia and VirtualLogix
Press release
BEAVERTON, OR -- April 04, 2007 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced three new members who represent the increasing opportunity for Linux as it continues to mature on devices.
New members include Marvell®, the leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions; Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications; and VirtualLogix™, the global leader in real-time virtualization™ technology for connected devices.
"It's really important to understand the issues and opportunities for Linux in multiple environments, and the addition of Marvell, Nokia and VirtualLogix will deepen our understanding and help us all push the envelope even further," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. "We're looking forward to rolling up our sleeves with these new members in the coming months, including at our first Member Meeting this June."
About the New Members
Marvell silicon solutions power a range of consumer electronics and the gateways that form connectivity among us all. Marvell joins The Linux Foundation with a focus on the standardization of mobile and embedded Linux and its adoption on a wide range of devices.
"There has been strong interest in Linux among Marvell's silicon solutions customers. By joining the Linux Foundation, we feel that we can better support this increasing demand and help bring embedded Linux into the mainstream through the Foundation's unified resources, services and standards," said Dr. Paramesh Gopi, vice president and general manager, Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group, Marvell.
In addition to its leadership position in mobile communications, Nokia is recognized for its Linux-based Maemo platform, open source mobile web browser and developer portal. It is interested in working with the LF on Linux-based technologies, including its Internet Tablet, in a vendor-neutral environment.
"It is important that Linux will not be controlled by any single company," said Ari Jaaksi, director, Open Source Software Operation, Nokia. "The Linux Foundation's protection mission helps provide that assurance. We also believe the Foundation's collaboration role will provide us a good venue to work with the industry's leaders in important areas such as desktop architecture and mobile Linux initiatives."
VirtualLogix joins LF to contribute its real-time virtualization expertise to help device manufacturers incorporate the rich functionality of Linux into mobile handset and network infrastructure applications, while reducing bill of materials.
"VirtualLogix looks forward to working with the LF and the LF virtualization workgroup to help speed the adoption of Linux into embedded devices at a lower cost," said Michel Gien, executive vice president of corporate strategy, VirtualLogix. "With virtualization technology, manufacturers will be able to reduce bill of materials, manage multiple operating systems within a single hardware environment and increase product performance."
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group, it sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms. For more information, please visit www.linux-foundation.org.
*Trademarks: *The Linux Foundation, OSDL, Free Standards Group, and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.
Marvell and the Marvell logo are registered trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Jennifer Cloer
Page One PR
503-867-2304
Diane Vanasse
Marvell Public Relations
408-242-0027
SOURCE: The Linux Foundation
Press release
BEAVERTON, OR -- April 04, 2007 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced three new members who represent the increasing opportunity for Linux as it continues to mature on devices.
New members include Marvell®, the leader in storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions; Nokia, a world leader in mobile communications; and VirtualLogix™, the global leader in real-time virtualization™ technology for connected devices.
"It's really important to understand the issues and opportunities for Linux in multiple environments, and the addition of Marvell, Nokia and VirtualLogix will deepen our understanding and help us all push the envelope even further," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. "We're looking forward to rolling up our sleeves with these new members in the coming months, including at our first Member Meeting this June."
About the New Members
Marvell silicon solutions power a range of consumer electronics and the gateways that form connectivity among us all. Marvell joins The Linux Foundation with a focus on the standardization of mobile and embedded Linux and its adoption on a wide range of devices.
"There has been strong interest in Linux among Marvell's silicon solutions customers. By joining the Linux Foundation, we feel that we can better support this increasing demand and help bring embedded Linux into the mainstream through the Foundation's unified resources, services and standards," said Dr. Paramesh Gopi, vice president and general manager, Embedded and Emerging Business Unit, Communications and Consumer Business Group, Marvell.
In addition to its leadership position in mobile communications, Nokia is recognized for its Linux-based Maemo platform, open source mobile web browser and developer portal. It is interested in working with the LF on Linux-based technologies, including its Internet Tablet, in a vendor-neutral environment.
"It is important that Linux will not be controlled by any single company," said Ari Jaaksi, director, Open Source Software Operation, Nokia. "The Linux Foundation's protection mission helps provide that assurance. We also believe the Foundation's collaboration role will provide us a good venue to work with the industry's leaders in important areas such as desktop architecture and mobile Linux initiatives."
VirtualLogix joins LF to contribute its real-time virtualization expertise to help device manufacturers incorporate the rich functionality of Linux into mobile handset and network infrastructure applications, while reducing bill of materials.
"VirtualLogix looks forward to working with the LF and the LF virtualization workgroup to help speed the adoption of Linux into embedded devices at a lower cost," said Michel Gien, executive vice president of corporate strategy, VirtualLogix. "With virtualization technology, manufacturers will be able to reduce bill of materials, manage multiple operating systems within a single hardware environment and increase product performance."
About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux. Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group, it sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed platforms. For more information, please visit www.linux-foundation.org.
*Trademarks: *The Linux Foundation, OSDL, Free Standards Group, and Linux Standard Base are trademarks of The Linux Foundation. Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.
Marvell and the Marvell logo are registered trademarks of Marvell or its affiliates. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Jennifer Cloer
Page One PR
503-867-2304
Diane Vanasse
Marvell Public Relations
408-242-0027
SOURCE: The Linux Foundation
Labels: it-storage, linux, mobile, operating-systems, partnerships
Open-source mobile phones could unleash sales
Open-source mobile phones could unleash sales
ARNAT LEEMAKDEJ, Apr 4, 2007
The Chinese government joined with a large cellular phone manufacturer, First International Computing (FIC) to create the first phone that runs an open-source operating system called OpenMoko.
Their phone comes with a touch screen, micro SD flash card slot, Bluetooth, GPRS, and GPS, and can run Windows Mobile as an alternative OS.
Called Neo1973 in recognition of the year the cell phone was invented, the prototype is now ready to ship to developers and the public release has been set for Sept 2007.
Read the full news story from here @ Bangkok Post
ARNAT LEEMAKDEJ, Apr 4, 2007
The Chinese government joined with a large cellular phone manufacturer, First International Computing (FIC) to create the first phone that runs an open-source operating system called OpenMoko.
Their phone comes with a touch screen, micro SD flash card slot, Bluetooth, GPRS, and GPS, and can run Windows Mobile as an alternative OS.
Called Neo1973 in recognition of the year the cell phone was invented, the prototype is now ready to ship to developers and the public release has been set for Sept 2007.
Read the full news story from here @ Bangkok Post
Labels: china, mobile, telecommunications
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Open source e-mail lands on commodity mobiles
Open source e-mail lands on commodity mobiles
Rodney Gedda, Computerworld
02 Apr 2007
E-mail and groupware will take another step towards ubiquity this month when open source mobile software developer Funambol will release client software for Motorola and Nokia handsets.
Funambol's J2ME client was previewed at the 3GSM conference and expo in February 2007
Read the full news article from here @ Australian PC World
Rodney Gedda, Computerworld
02 Apr 2007
E-mail and groupware will take another step towards ubiquity this month when open source mobile software developer Funambol will release client software for Motorola and Nokia handsets.
Funambol's J2ME client was previewed at the 3GSM conference and expo in February 2007
Read the full news article from here @ Australian PC World
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