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Linux Headed For Smartphone Domination?
An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices has published a summary of research findings from Zelos Group that predicts that Linux is going dominate the smartphone market, beating out both Symbian and Microsoft. Zelos says that Linux scored highest on the two criteria that matter most to OEMs and carriers: openness and low cost. Microsoft scored lowest in these criteria. The article says Zelos believes Symbian beats Microsoft due to the flexibility of its licensing terms, and Microsoft prospects will be stymied to an extent by its desire to strictly manage how its brand is used. The conclusion: Linux will be the preferred operating system for connected devices."
Manufactured in Taiwan or China
Programmed in India
Customer support in India or where else is cheap
Use inexpensive operating system
What's so hard to see about the trends here? Even Redmond at some point must start thinking about how much of what they do there can be done overseas. (Just heard over the holidays that Dow Chemical will be putting half its engineers over seas, particularly in India for 24 hour engineering of projects.) When's Bill going to drop the first shoe? I think it's going to happen.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
OK, so it's quite easy to buy a PC running linux, handhelds already run linux, smartphones will be running linux (well, occording to the article), but buying a portable without paying a microsoft tax is just plain impossible. When will that barrier fall?
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[Please pardon my ignorance if Everybody Already Knows This.]
I got a cell phone (Mot v60i) about a year ago. I enter in the directory a bunch of the numbers I frequently dial. Works great for my universe of about 20 numbers.
Once in a while I need to lookup a number of a restaurant, doctor's office, etc.. Not lugging the white pages whereever I go, my only current option is to make a call to information and get charged some fee to find out the number.
Isn't there some way of having a cheaper directory lookup service based on text and scrolling of viewing the white pages online without needing to callup some human?
Just seems like it should be so...
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