MontaVista to assist global mobile Linux-platform

MontaVista Software, a supplier of commercial Linux OS distributives, announced it joined LiMo Foundation. The company aims to support LiMo Foundation activity in distributing Linux platform for mobile devices. The LiMo Foundation non-commercial project was launched this January to create a competitive platform for Linux-based mobile devices to be available worldwide. LiMo-handsets are expected in the first half of 2008.

The cooperation with MontaVista Software will be a milestone in the LiMo project, believe the participants. Currently over 35 million smartphones by NEC, Motorola, Panasonic and other vendors are powered by MontaVista Mobilinux distributive. This is more than other commercial Linux-platforms have.

Apple sold its one millionth iPhone

At the press conference Apple reported that international sales of the revolutionary iPhone broke the one million barrier. I’d remind you that such sales volume was expected in the period of July 29 to September 30, so Apple is outpacing its own predictions. One of the key reasons for it is the recent price slash, the fact broadened the target public at once, besides the uproar in media sources encouraged the promotion of the phone. Anyway Apple could have achieved an unprecedented success without driving the price down and expanding the target period till the end of September.

Apple chief executive Steve Jobs noted that it took almost two years to achieve the one million milestone with iPod, while iPhone was right on the target in 74 days. Despite of iPhone’s cons and pros Apple is now on a strong rise.