Linux platform supports dual-mode phones (Digit Online)
A la Mobile is hoping to help fuel the supply of converged Wi-Fi and GSM (Global System for Mobile) phones with a new version of its Linux-based mobile phone software package. A la Mobile designed the new Linux system stack to make it easier for handset makers to quickly build and deliver converged phones that can support VOIP (voice over IP) services over Wi-Fi as well as GSM voice. The software stack includes a standard SIP (Session Initiations Protocol)-based VOIP client as well as the other applications included in A la Mobile's initial offering such as Java, Adobe Flash, a browser and e-mail."
Posted Mar 16, 2007 16:56 UTC (Fri)
by rvfh (guest, #31018)
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Posted Mar 17, 2007 15:07 UTC (Sat)
by kornak (guest, #17589)
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Posted Mar 18, 2007 9:35 UTC (Sun)
by pjm (guest, #2080)
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According to the French wikipedia page, the expansion changed from Groupe Spécial Mobile to Global System for Mobile communications in 1991.
Posted Mar 24, 2007 13:15 UTC (Sat)
by leon_dague (guest, #9701)
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Nice conversion of the GSM acronym to English, though it used to mean 'Groupe Spécial Mobile', as it was created in France...Dude, where is my language?
True, but it has been known as Global System for Mobile Communications forDude, where is my language?
at least a decade or more. I remember working at Bell Labs on GSM in 1995
and that's what we called it whatever it's original designation.
Dude, where is my language?
I wonder if that 1991 decision was similar to, say, some committee deciding that grep means "generalized regular expression parser."Dude, where is my language?