Linux Emerging As A Cell Phone Platform, May 19, 2004

Linux is starting to show up in people's pockets, as well as in their briefcases, purses and hanging from their belts.

Cell phone managers are looking to Linux to fill the need for more sophisticated software that's not attached to major vendors like Microsoft and Nokia. The majority of Linux cell phone activity is in Asia. Japanese cell phone company DoCoMo made Linux the preferred 3G phone development platform, and NEC announced plans last year to release a 3G cell phone based on Linux in Japan later this year. Samsung released a Linux cell phone in China at the end of 2003 and a company called E28 is working on a Linux phone for the Hong Kong market.