Bill Weinberg of the Mobile Linux Initiative

LinuxDevices recently caught up with OSDL spokesperson Bill Weinberg, to discuss the organization's new Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI). Weinberg, who serves as the OSDL's representative to the MLI, filled us in on the initiative's early progress, strategy, and tactics for the year ahead.

A Look At Motorola's New User Interface

MobileBurn has an exclusive article on the new UI from Motorola's A910, which is a Linux-based feature phone (not smartphone) with WiFi support.

Nokia's open source director on the 770 Internet Tablet

LinuxDevices founder Rick Lehrbaum recently discussed the new 770 Internet tablet with Ari Jaaksi, Nokia's director of open source software operations. This article presents a summary of their discussion, along with Lehrbaum's quick first impressions of the new device.

Creative Zen Vision:M 30GB

Feature-wise, the 30GB Zen Vision:M supports JPEG, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, DivX, and XviD with an estimated 4.5 hours of showtime - double that of the 30GB iPod. When used as an audio player, MP3, WMA (with DRM) and WAV are all supported up to 320kbps that can carry a tune for 14 hours. And like all things Creative, the Zen Vision:M has an FM Tuner and Voice Recorder. Review.

Doubts Raised on Palm OS Future

PalmSource officials insist there is a future for the veteran handheld operating system, but some industry experts say deploying Palm OS-based handhelds is risky. Access, which is best known for its NetFront cell phone browser, has yet to provide a detailed road map for Palm OS.

Mobile Video: Present and Future

eMarketer assesses the current state of mobile video entertainment and the logistics of advertising in this medium.

Apple Axes 'iRingTones' Project

According to The Register Apple was pressured by mobile carriers to remove an upcoming feature from iLife'06 that would allow users to remix their own ringtones via iTunes. The cellular networks charge between $1 and $4 for a single ringtone and obviously don't want to lose this huge revenue to Apple. Apparently ringtones are their No2 source for data revenue after SMS.

Mobius 2005: The Report

I'm down here in lovely downtown Seattle for Mobius, a conference that Microsoft puts on every 12-16 months for a mix of mobile device community leaders, journalists, and analysts.

ThunderHawk Browser Comes to S60

Bitstream has released a version of its ThunderHawk web browser for smartphones running Nokia's S60. This complies with Symbian interface guidelines, while also giving those using a smartphone with Nokia's S60 platform a browsing experince similar to that found on the desktop.

Zaurus pioneers embedded Linux

The Sharp Zaurus handheld was a pioneer of embedded Linux, and even though the Linux version is not around much any more, Peter Seebach thinks it's a good idea to pay tribute to this early-adopter technology. In this installment of the Linux on board series, Peter dismantles the Zaurus SL-5600 to get a better look into history.

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