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Linux use increasing in mobile devices

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1/25/08 at 3:00am
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Okay, so it's still on only 1-2% of computers. But your cell phone may have a Linux interface sooner than you think.
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Although we have established that this probably isn't going to be the fabled Year of the Linux Desktop, the prospects for growth of Linux adoption in the mobile and embedded space are significantly more promising. According to the Canalys report on Q2 2007 market share, Linux holds 13.3 percent of the global smartphone market, which puts it ahead of the Windows, BlackBerry, and Palm operating systems. In China, where the smartphone market is huge and growing at an extremely rapid pace, Linux is used on 30 percent of all smartphone handsets.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...h-in-2008.html
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1/25/08 at 3:05am
good find. saw a very similar article in the most recent issue of Linux Journal.
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post #3 of 3
1/25/08 at 12:26pm
Yes Linux is doing VERY strongly in the embedded field. I don't believe it leads it, but that depends on how you define embedded, however for example in Cell Phones I think it is currently number 2 behind Symbian, with Motorola, Palm, and a few others all throwing their weight behind it(Albiet slowly).

In other areas of the field it varies a bit more between it and other choices, had a nice discussion going on about this on the SOS forums strangely enough.

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