Linux makes inroads into the phone market

Linux was the hottest topic at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Why? Let’s try to answer that… Over the past year, several shifts in mobile technology have together made it clear that Linux has become one of the market leaders. Motorola and LG unveiled phones on the new LiMo platform; ARM and Texas Instruments demonstrated Google’s new Android platform, which once again has Linux underneath; and Trolltech updated Qtopia Phone Edition with touch-interface support and Outlook synchronization through Qtopia Sync Agent. Still, as conference participants noted, Linux remains an OS for the low-end segment, where saving a few dollars is a strong reason to avoid paid operating systems. More expensive devices still ship with Symbian or Win. Mobile because of certain usability advantages.
Source: ITWeek