Printable View
Hey!
I am very much fascinated by the idea of open source. Open Source have not only emerged in Intel Based computers but also in MAC's PPC. Now that is great...! Well i was wondering if there is any OpenSource OS made for mobile phones? If it is please post...! Thanks in advance...!
Hey!
Yeah, there are a few of OpenSource mobile OS. But i'm not aware of all...! I'm aware of only one OS, that is Android OS by Google...! Well its an open source and you can develop applications as well as your own modified Android based OS...!
Google Says: Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications to run on Android-powered devices.
Openmoko Inc. sells phones to run the open source software stack. The first phone was the Neo 1973, followed by the current model, Neo FreeRunner. Users may freely choose to run another operating system on their Openmoko smartphone.
Software by Openmoko : The current software stack is the Om 2008.12. Newly purchased Neo FreeRunners, however, still ship with the older stack Om 2007.2. Openmoko runs on all kinds of Linux-capable mobile phones or in an emulator.
The Openmoko stack, which includes a full X server, allows users and developers to transform mobile hardware platforms into unique products. Our license gives developers and users freedom to cosmetically customize their device or radically remix it; change the wallpaper or rebuild the entire house! It grants them the freedom, for example, to transform a phone into a medical device or point of sale device or the freedom to simply install their own favorite software. Beyond freeing the software on their devices, they have also released their CAD files. [Hardware Schemantic or Circuit Diagram]. Now thats true open source!
Hey!
LiMo Foundation is an industry consortium dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices. Backing from major industry leaders puts LiMo at the Heart of the Mobile Industry and makes LiMo the unifying force in Mobile Linux.
The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by the whole global industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process enabling a rich ecosystem of differentiated products, applications, and services from device manufacturers, operators, ISVs and integrators.