Hot skills: Mobile Linux Jul 15, 2008, 16 :45 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (5807 reads) (Other stories by Nick Langley)
"Global connectivity analysts ABI Research forecast that by 2013, Linux will take 23% of the smartphone market and will be the second most prevalent solution behind Symbian. According to ABI, "Linux solutions will be far more cost-effective than incumbent solutions, even when silicon requirements are taken into account, given that a fuller application layer will be included in the standard package and that the burden of customisation falls mostly on the independent software vendor.""