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203 Million Mobile Phones Will Use Linux Operating Systems by 2012 (3G.co.uk)
3G.co.uk
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a prediction on the increasing use of Linux in mobile phones.
"ABI Research forecasts that by 2012, more than 127 million devices will be enabled with a commercial Linux OS, up from 8.1 million in 2007. Additionally, device shipments that incorporate Linux as an RTOS replacement are set to grow to more than 76 million units in 2012, up from nearly zero in 2007.
"Linux in the cellular phone is not a question of 'if', but 'when'," says research director Stuart Carlaw."
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Small Percentage of Mobile Phones Will Use Free Operating Systems by 2012 (bignose) Posted Apr 13, 2007 23:46 UTC (Fri) by bignose (subscriber, #40) [Link] The more interesting question would seem to be how many of these phones will avoid non-free software. As we've seen recently with the Nokia phones, basing the software on GNU/Linux but also loading it with non-free software all over doesn't avoid the phone becoming an unsupported brick within a couple of years.
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