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BOFH 2007-10-04 19:01
MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Quote:

The group of seven companies including Mozilla Corp., Arm Ltd. and MontaVista Software Inc. are hoping to grow the market for a relatively new device category that sits in between a smartphone and a laptop.

The companies are collaborating on a Linux-based open-source platform that encompasses chip design, operating system and some applications. They hope that the platform will make it easier for hardware developers to build devices similar to Nokia Corp.'s N800 tablet. That Linux-based device is bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop and includes Wi-Fi but not cellular capabilities.
http://open.itworld.com/4917/071003m...rm/page_1.html

Karel Jansens 2007-10-04 19:55
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Come gather, people! We've invented hot water! New and shiny! And so not like that "warm water" Nokia invented!

aflegg 2007-10-05 15:32
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Presumably reusing a lot of the work Montavista were doing for Palm's Foleo.

Texrat 2007-10-05 16:53
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
And some people ask why Nokia moved prematurely into the market with the 770 and N800.

There's your answer, folks.

Traecer 2007-10-05 19:54
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
You know, I much prefer Intel's approach of taking the pre-existing Hildon APIs and building a distinctive (possibly even innovative) UI over that for their MID platform. Contributing to existing projects and adding new features that can be shared shows much more commitment to the Linux community IMHO than "Oh Look over here! We're going to put together a whole new stack of stuff that does exactly what a pre-existing stack of stuff does, except it will be ours!"

And yeah, I almost bet money that MontaVista's Foleo work ends up in this. It's definitely not going into any Foleos!

tso 2007-10-06 08:57
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
also, going hildon means that one can in theory port any 770 and N800 related software over. today, the availability of the libs and similar is way more limiting then the cpu architecture its to run on. hell, just look at what wine does.

hmm, now that i think about the foleo. could it be that palm looked into getting a garnet "emulator" going on it, and them came to the conclusion that they may as well do their own in-house linux based on that?

that would basically turn the foleo into a treo with a larger screen...

krisse 2007-10-06 09:02
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 79980)
And some people ask why Nokia moved prematurely into the market with the 770 and N800.

There's your answer, folks.
Yeah, that's true. When the 770 arrived a lot of people said this was a device without an audience, but if it creates a whole new category of device then Nokia will look perfectly sensible for being the first to do it.

benny1967 2007-10-06 13:31
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
The announcement is not very precise yet, is it? A release date 2009 - thats eternities away in this business. No word about the license (saying it will be "open source" means nothing).

Whats good is that they at least mention Gnome Mobile as part of their effort... It might at least be similar enough for applications to be ported easily.

Even though we know little about this initiative so far, it seems that it can turn out to be a good competitor: Different enough to move the market forward, close enough for Maemo to re-use applications and technologies.

benny1967 2007-10-06 13:37
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by krisse (Post 80095)
Yeah, that's true. When the 770 arrived a lot of people said this was a device without an audience, but if it creates a whole new category of device then Nokia will look perfectly sensible for being the first to do it.
IIRC, that was what Nokia tried to communicate when introducing the 770: "Don't compare it with a PDA, Laptop or Smartphone, it's the first of its kind, it's something new and different." - Seems they were right. (I have to admit that, although I loved my 770 from the very first day, I doubted it myself until players like Intel and Canonical joined the show.)

Texrat 2007-10-06 14:27
Re: MontaVista, Arm, others to build Linux UMPC platform
 
Let the computing future begin!

:D


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