2009/9/25 Chris Simmonds <ch...@2net.co.uk>: > Actually I very much doubt that MS Windows Mobile has any significant device > support at all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone Symbian OS from Symbian Ltd. (50.3% Market Share Sales Q2 2009) RIM BlackBerry operating system (20.9% Market Share Sales Q4 2009) iPhone OS from Apple Inc. (13.7% Market Share Sales Q2 2009) Windows Mobile from Microsoft (9% Market Share Sales Q2 2009) Android from Google Inc. (2.8% Market Share Sales Q2 2009) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_operating_system Symbian OS from Symbian Ltd. (46.6% Market Share Sales Q3 2008 iPhone OS from Apple Inc. (17.3% Market Share Sales Q3 2008) BlackBerry OS from RIM (15.2% Market Share Sales Q3 2008) Windows Mobile from Microsoft (13.6% Market Share Sales Q3 2008) Linux operating system (5.1% Market Share Sales Q3 2008) That looks "significant" to me. Whilst I don't disagree that Linux certainly has a place in the future mobile market, I don't think we should dismiss Symbian and WiMo as non-runners, given they have such market dominance. > So, I stick by my original premise: the future of mobile devices is Linux. > Which is a good thing. It is my hope that as time goes by they will become > more open until we get to the point that you by the phone and then load > whatever software you want onto it - just like a PC. We are a way off that > but there are already some open platforms such as the Nokia webpads > N777-N900 that have already been mentioned in this thread and of course the > OpenMoko. > Ahhh OpenMoko. Can you make calls on those reliably yet? I had one for a while, and it was abysmal. A hackers plaything, not a phone. Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
