As the smartphone market matures, Linux will become one of the leading mobile platforms, ABI Research predicted at its press event in New York City on Thursday, the same day as NXP Semiconductors and Purple Labs unveiled what they claim to be the first 3G Linux phone under $100. Carriers worldwide will support three major mobile operating systems — Symbian, Linux, and Microsoft Linux has an incredible destabilizing effect on this market. It will be a way a new entrant can come into market without signing up for the development cycles of Symbian or Microsoft,Linux developers differentiate themselves by introducing a lot of firsts to the smartphone and cell phone market, or so they claim. OpenMoko last year began selling the first Linux smartphone based completely on open standards. The Neo1973 smartphone, developed in partnership with First International Computer, a manufacturer of motherboards and notebook, PC, and PDA peripherals, uses OpenMoko’s mobile communications platform. All parts of the platform are open sourced, including the user interface layer. More recently, Red Bend Software introduced the first concept Linux-based mobile phone that can be customized and updated with software and applications over-the-air. Red Bend, a developer of firmware over-the-air mobile client software, partnered with several companies, including Digital Airways, Opera Software, Synchronica, Trolltech, and Zi to create the necessary components for the phone, called Mast. read more
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Motorola, the world’s No. 3 mobile phone maker, said Thursday it is exploring strategic alternatives including a possible separation of its mobile devices business from other units. The company said it was looking at a "structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its mobile devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value."It said alternatives could include the separation of mobile devices from its other businesses in order to allow each business to grow and serve customers better.Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, one of Motorola’s biggest shareholders, had urged the company to break up to increase value for its shareholders.Icahn, who failed to win a seat on Motorola’s board last year after a bitter proxy battle, was not immediately available for comment.Motorola said it does not intend to discuss developments until its board of directors approved a definitive transaction or when the process is otherwise complete. 
