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Mobile Linux Challenges Windows Mobile

Posted by timothy on from the here-have-a-site-license dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Taking a page from Microsoft's playbook, MontaVista today announced an embedded Linux platform aimed specifically at mobile phones. 'Mobilinux' is based on a 2.6 kernel with real-time and power-management enhancements, and targets 'feature-phones' as well as the higher-end devices targeted by Microsoft with its Windows Mobile for Smartphones offering."

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  1. Linux 2.6 is slower than 2.4... by Dark+Coder · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would be wary of going into 2.6 over 2.4 kernel for low-power application such as a cell phone.

    Check out the Linux v2.4 vs. Linux v2.6