Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market

Mar 25, 2009, 13:02 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Stan Beer)

"Unfortunately, we can't reveal the name of the handset vendor but we can tell you that the announcement will be very soon.

"US-based Open Kernel Labs, a spin-off from Australian tech research group NICTA, is a specialist developer of mobile virtualisation software.

"According to senior executives at Open Kernel Labs, the technology in the soon to be announced phone will show that the days of having low cost handsets seamlessly running applications from Symbian, Windows Mobile, Linux and other operating systems side by side are here.

"Steve Subar, president and CEO of Open Kernel Labs told iTWire that the announcement and release of the world's first virtualised mobile handset is imminent."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Cloud computing with the Android Linux software stack(Mar 18, 2009)
• 5 Technologies that will shape the future of Linux(Mar 18, 2009)
• The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!(Mar 13, 2009)
• Cell Phone Security Updates: Voluntary or Involuntary?(Mar 11, 2009)
• Improved Linux Screen Space Management With PekWM(Mar 09, 2009)
• Smartphones: they're all about Linux, baby(Mar 05, 2009)
• LiMo Foundation: More Linux Phones In 2009(Feb 10, 2009)
• How Can Linux Fit in a Cellphone?(Jan 13, 2009)