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Nokia looks to Linux for high-end mobiles

Monday, December 08 2008 @ 02:10 PM EST
Contributed by: sde

Nokia continues to keep us guessing about their operating system plans. Just days after buying out the company behind the Symbian OS used in most of its mobiles, the Finnish company has announced that it plans to use Linux for future high-end mobile phones.

The Open Source operating system Linux has been gaining ground in the mobile world in the form of a couple of indie Linux phones (e.g the OpenMOKO Freerunner) and of course Google’s Android Linux-based operating system. Rather than make use of existing developments, Nokia are keen to work on their own implementation of the OS - Maemo.
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