Mobile Linux phones getting buried by Android? According to Ostatic, Orange has pulled the plug on their plan to deliver Access Linux Platform's OS on a Samsung smartphone later this month. Is this a sign of weakening confidence for small companies supplying mobile Linux for handsets? Researchers at J. Gold and Associates are predicting that Google's Linux-based Android platform will merge with the new and open source mobile platform from Symbian. These two huge organizations would quell any competition from upstarts who might dare to produce Linux-based handsets. Pure speciation but who knows. What does Orange say about their decision? Their take as to why the canceled it is to "a number of advances in mobile technology." mmmm...More Here
