Tag archive: LiMo

At this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the LiMo Foundation officially took the wraps off LiMo 4, the latest edition of its open source Linux platform for mobile devices. The idea behind LiMo is to create an open source operating system that can support a wide variety of device and be complete customized by operators and device developers to meet their needs: there are no gotchas, and device makers are free to take the… Read More

These days, the Apple iPhone, a plethora of Blackberry models, Nokia's Symbian devices, and even the odd Windows Mobile device seem to be capturing all the media attention in the smartphone marketplace, but Panasonic and NEC have just introduced nine new mobile phone handsets for Japan's NTT DoCoMo running the open source LiMo operating system. The cameras feature a range of consumer-friendly features—like high-resolution… Read More

The LiMo Foundation is a consortium intend on developing a Linux-based mobile platform that, in theory, could rival Google's much-touted Android mobile platform. Today, the foundation announced a slew of new members, including industry heavy-hitters Verizon Wireless and the Mozilla Corporation, expanding its membership to 40 companies and organizations since its launch in early 2007. “This latest group of new members… Read More