Despite signs that mobile Linux is gaining momentum– such as the launch of Motorola Inc.’s Linux-based Razr2– heated competition, confusion about goals and slow-moving consortiums may be hindering growth.
The LiMo Foundation, the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) and the Open Source Development Labs’ Mobile Linux Initiative are among the new groups formed over the past couple of years to try to reduce the fragmentation in the mobile Linux market and to encourage interoperability. But at least one mobile Linux vendor is critical of their progress.

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