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A truly open Linux phone with GPS debuts - The INQUIRER

THERE HAVE BEEN a lot of phones claiming to be 'Linux phones' and those that do run a Linux kernel, but they all miss the point of Linux: to be open. FIC is about to change that in a big way with a truly open phone, the OpenMoko.

Counterpoint: Intel and Apple clash by no means inevitable

The notion that Intel and Apple are on a collision course is interesting, but fundamentally flawed. Or at least, missing the point: even if they are, which is by no means certain, the chance of this "clash" having repercussions is slim. The theory put forward by our own Jon Stokes is essentially that Intel is muscling in on Apple's domainsmartphonesand that Intel's PC processors are ...

A Stagnant Nokia Launches Search for New CEO

Nokia is one of the giants of the old cellphone world. The company sells about 40% of the world's cellphones, putting it in first place by a long shot. But Nokia is losing ground incredibly fast. Many of its customers are in developing countries like India, which yield little profit, and even its European base mostly consists of low-end models, which, again, have a razor-thin profit margin ...

The new 'free' turns us into a spoilt lot

"FREE" used to mean something else entirely. Because it never really was, you see. It used to be a marketing strategy. A ploy. Give something away first, only to make money from it later. Get the consumer hooked, then make them pay. Make yourself indispensable and then charge for it.

Android Army to Conquer Mobile Market by 2015

Linux will dominate the non-smartphone mobile device market by 2015, a study by ABI Research indicates, and Google will likely play a prominent role in this. "Linux-enabled mobile devices, led by the success of Google's Android and upcoming Chrome OSes, will comprise 62 percent of the operating systems shipping in all non-smartphone mobile devices by 2015," ABI Research said.