Rumor: Google Cell Phone will have Linux, GPS, and Cheap
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| henke54 Aug 29, 2007 1:41 AM EDT |
Quoting:Rumors are circulating on the new Google Phone thanks to Mark Hopkins, who claims to know the inside scroop from sources at Google.http://www.laptoplogic.com/news/detail.php?id=3045 |
| Abe Aug 29, 2007 8:22 AM EDT |
One can almost say with certainty that it will not be Windows (no brainner). So what else would be if it is not Linux based? |
| number6x Aug 29, 2007 9:03 AM EDT |
Symbian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS A proprietary mobile phone OS developed by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Siemens AG, Panasonic, and Samsung. It currently runs on about 2/3rds of the 'smartphones' sold. |
| gus3 Aug 29, 2007 9:15 AM EDT |
What about the source code? Hold their feet to the fire early, or it will be a tough battle to get GPL compliance. |
| Abe Aug 29, 2007 9:28 AM EDT |
Quoting:Symbian A proprietary mobile phone OS developed by Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Siemens AG, Panasonic, and Samsung.Possible but highly improbable. To my knowledge, Google had no participation in Symbian and consequently no access to its internals. Google wants an OS that they can modify and tailor to their own business needs. They want control so they are not dependent on or like any one else. They can license it but that would be limiting to their freedom of advancement. I am not sure they can have that in Symbian. Google is heavily Linux dependent and a supporter outfit with good resources. They also like the developer support Linux has. Then again, they might go with Symbian only if they don't want to hassle with the development process and want something quick. I doubt that is what they want. |
| number6x Aug 29, 2007 10:38 AM EDT |
Abe, I agree. However Symbian is about the only other game in town. I don't think RIM is going to license their OS, and I agree that Google is not interested in Microsoft. Synbian is willing to license, and would probably allow tweaking the OS just as AT&T allowed others to re-write Unix. You asked for possibilities other than Linux, and I gave one. |
| techiem2 Aug 29, 2007 11:43 AM EDT |
They could be running OpenMoko... |
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