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reuters.com - 12/3/2008

Nokia eyes wider use of Linux software in phones | Technology | Internet

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BARCELONA (Reuters) - The world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia, could start to use open-source Linux software on its more expensive phone models, a senior company official said on Tuesday. "In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious alternative for our high-end phones," Ukko ...

events.nokia.com - 12/1/2008

Nokia World

— events.nokia.com — Nokia - Connecting People Nokia World 08 Home Q & A Overview Agenda Speakers Experience lounge Question... & Answers 10:30 - 11:30 ( CET ) on December 2 First chat session 18:00 - 19:00 ( CET ) on December 2 Second chat session Welcome to Nokia World ... (more) Nokia World

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nokia.com - 12/2/2008

Desktop. Laptop. Pocket: The era of the personal Internet dawns with the Nokia N97

— nokia.com — Tilting touch display, QWERTY keyboard and personalized home screen - a true mobile computer Barcelona, Spain -... Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet ... (more) Desktop. Laptop. Pocket: The era of the personal ...

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events.nokia.com - 11/28/2008

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Engadget: Nokia could give Linux a spin in high-end mobiles

SlashGear: Nokia eyeing maemo Linux for future high-end cellphones

T3.com All: Nokia considering Linux for its high end phone models

IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis: Nokia looking forward to Linux powered handsets

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Nokia could give Linux a spin in high-end mobiles
Engadget — ... To anyone even remotely familiar with Nokia's history, this tidbit won't come as a surprise at all. In fact, we've been hearing "Linux" and "Nokia" in the same sentence for years. At Nokia World in Barcelona -- the same place where the almighty ...

Nokia eyeing maemo Linux for future high-end cellphones
SlashGear — ... Nokia is considering using a Linux-based OS on its high-end cellphones, according to Ukko Lappalainen, vice president at the company’s markets unit. However it’s unlikely to be Google’s Android OS; Nokia have their own Linux software, maemo, which is currently used in the N-series Internet Tablet range, and Lappalainen can’t “see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo”. ...

Nokia considering Linux for its high end phone models
T3.com All — ... It has previously stated that Linux just wasn t mature enough for mobile phones, but the arrival of Google Android may be causing the Finns to think twice. So will we be seeing a Nokia Android handset soon? It seems highly unlikely; Lappalainen is confident that Nokia s own Maemo platform will stand up as a competitor Google s open-source project. "I don't see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux Maemo," he said. That's fightin' talk. Link: Nokia (via Reuters ) Related links: [image]

Nokia looking forward to Linux powered handsets
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... in development for years with their Maemo platform, and is more likely to use their in-house platform than to adopt the Android OS. “I don’t see anything in Android which would make it better than Linux maemo,” Lappalainen said. With smartphone adoption on the rise, Nokia’s push to bring the Linux-based Maemo platform to their high-end smartphone lineup makes sense. A Maemo-powered Nokia Nseries might be just over the horizon. [Via: Reuters] Related News from IntoMobile: Nokia’s Maemo 5 ...