Penguin Calling

摘要

When Motorola launched the Motom-ing mobile phone initially in China, it was a roaring success. The highpoint of this smart phone is its Linux operating system. Motorola is aggressively going the Linux way in its mobile phones; it looks like, what Nokia did for Symbian will happen to Linux with its patronage from Motorola. Clearly, Linux is becoming a viable alternate to the Symbian and the Windows Mobile, and market prediction of Linux in mobile devices appears bullish. A study done by ABI Research predicts that by 2012, more than 127 mn mobile devices will be enabled with a commercial Linux OS. Additionally, device shipments that incorporate Linux as a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) replacement are set to grow to more than 76 mn units in 2012.