Linux for mobile phones is a good alternative to Windows Mobile, but it didn’t have success yet. The problem encountered by mobile manufacturers was integrating the software. That happened because some companies made Linux kernels, while others provided application development environments. So, the phone makers struggled to integrate the components and finally chose the convenient Windows Mobile.

Azingo, a software company, promises a complete suite of mobile Linux software and furthermore intends to help the producers to integrate the components I was telling you about. Azingo’s application offers Web widgets that can deliver information such as weather and traffic, entertainment applications and productivity software. It sounds very nice to me!

Currently there are no deals with phone manufacturers, but Azingo has announced that handsets using their software will be available in the fourth quarter.

via Yahoo News

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Tags: Azingo, kernel, Linux