15 December 2007

Linus Torvalds sees fast growth in Linux phones!

The Linux operating system, which so far has made little headway into cell phones, is set to become more widely available next year, helped by Google's mobile push, Linux creator Linus Torvalds says.

Britain's Symbian, of which Nokia owns almost 50 percent, is the market leader in mobile device operating systems, followed by Microsoft's handset system, Windows Mobile.

But last month Web search leader Google said it will offer an open-source software platform, built on Linux, to make the Internet work as smoothly on mobile phones as it does on computers.

"I haven't been personally involved, but it certainly looks like 2008 may be--thanks to the Google alliance--one of the years you will find more widely available phones with Linux," Torvalds told Reuters on Friday.

Google is working with Motorola and some other large telecom players, including operator T-Mobile and chipmaker Qualcomm, to develop Android, an open-software platform for mobile devices.

Extra: Top 10 super-lame gadgets Torvalds said Motorola has been one of the first players to come out with Linux phones, mainly in China and also in the United States.

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