[ECOS] Cell Phones

[ECOS] Cell Phones

[Tarik Jeait]

Hi all,

	did any phone constructor ( Nokia, ericsson, Samsung... ) adopted ecos for
its phones ? or did they make their proprietary OSes ?

thank you

Re: [ECOS] Cell Phones

[Robert H. Miller]

Well maybe not ecos but Linux is making it into Cell phones.  Actually I
think Linux would be a better fit since cell phones and Palm-like PDA's
are probably heading for a merger.  ecos is going to go into your
toaster or maybe washing machine not a phone that needs to interact
(alot as compared to say the washer) with a person.

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Firm applies Linux to mobile phones 

                       A Korean venture firm has developed a Linux-based
software for smart phones,
                  enabling users to change the functions and features on
screen.

                       Palm Palm Technology said the world's first
Linux-embedded mobile phone will
                  make its debut as early as November. 

                       Linux is an open-source operating system that its
supporters claim is more stable
                  and flexible than Microsoft's market-dominating
Windows, which is closed and
                  proprietary. Linux can be modified, changed and
improved by software developers with
                  all those changes shared with other developers.

                       The company has recently succeeded in developing
a Linux operating system, called
                  "Tynux," for use in wireless Internet access terminals
including cellular phones.

                       "Mobile phones offer fixed interface and
applications that users can's change. With
                  the open-source operating system, they will be able to
change the configuration and
                  programs to their tastes," Chang Jong-a, an official
of the company.

                       The company is currently developing commercial
wireless Internet devices, jointly
                  with companies including SK TeleCom. The company plans
to optimize the system
                  further for other applications including personal
digital assistants, videophones and
                  set-top box. 

                       He said the firm is in talks with Chinese firms
for a joint development project, an
                  effort to advance into the huge market where Linux is
most popular as an alternative to
                  Windows. 
Tarik Jeait wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>         did any phone constructor ( Nokia, ericsson, Samsung... ) adopted ecos for
> its phones ? or did they make their proprietary OSes ?
> 
> thank you

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Re: [ECOS] Cell Phones

[Bart Veer]

>>>>> "Tarik" == Tarik Jeait <t.jeait@d-ventures.com> writes:

    Tarik> Hi all,
    Tarik> 	did any phone constructor ( Nokia, ericsson,
    Tarik> Samsung... ) adopted ecos for its phones ? or did they make
    Tarik> their proprietary OSes ?

There is nothing in the eCos license to force any manufacturer to tell
Red Hat or anybody else when they have used eCos in a product.
Sometimes a manufacturer does agree to a joint press release or
similar when eCos gets used in a product, e.g.
http://www.redhat.com/about/2000/press_ecos.html
In other cases we may know that a manufacturer is using eCos because
we have done contract work for them or because they have taken out a
support contract, but that sort of information is confidental. There
may any number of other products out there already using eCos, but we
do not know.

Bart Veer // eCos net maintainer