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LiMo Updates Mobile Linux Platform, Verizon Wireless to Deploy LiMo Handset in 2009

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EliteABombAZ

Feb 9, 2009, 12:49 PM

Come on people... how many mobile OS's do we need?

Windows Mobile
OSX Mobile (iPhone)
Android (Google)
Symbian (Nokia)
Garnet (Palm)
webOS (Palm)
TouchWiz (Samsung)
LiMo


All of these OS's make it bad for developers who would like to write apps for the masses. Now they have to port it over to multiple OS's to maximize sales... but that will increase development costs.
You forgot Blackberry OS...

Also, TouchWiz is an interface, not an OS.
Windows Mobile ;Proprietary
OSX Mobile (iPhone) :Unix (FreeBSD Based)
Android (Google) :Linux Based
Symbian (Nokia) :Open Source
Garnet (Palm) :Linux Based
webOS (Palm) :Linux Based
TouchWiz (Samsung) 😛roprietary
LiMo :Linux Based
Blackberry ...
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...
There will be as many platforms as people purchase. Even if they are obscure and buggy, people would still complain if they didn't exist because they wouldn't have choice.

It's the same attitude that has people as "Is this all you have?" when you...
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And you all left off OpenMoko (Linux-based, open source, runs on the Neo1973, NeoFreeRunner and related phones)
 
 
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