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The reality of mobile Linux: Part one

David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 19 Feb 2008 12:00 GMT

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ZDNet.co.uk took a look at how mobile Linux is already a reality.

In the first of a two-part series, we looked at how Trolltech is putting Linux apps on a Windows Mobile phone, how Access plans to port thousands of Palm OS apps over to the LiMo Foundation's Linux platform, and how Azingo is running Series 60 apps on Linux.

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