Mobile Industry convenes to create Open Mobile Linux Platform

Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone have come together to work on establishing the world’s first global, open Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. The reason for this move is to lower development costs and increase flexibility for a more robust mobile environment, with the ultimate aim to create a rich and compelling user experience. The only way to go about this is to establish such a platform that will benefit everyone, from device manufacturers to operators and all software developers. It will also help bridge the digital divide between developed and Third World countries.