Linux is poised to challenge Microsoft and Symbian in the handset operating
system market as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements
are alleviated.
ABI Research noted a growing momentum behind the non-profit LiMo Foundation
initiative, as well as a marketing boost generated by Google's
Android
offering.
ABI said that nearly one out of every five mid- or high-end mobile device
will use a Linux operating system by 2013.
Stuart Carlaw, ABI Research vice president, said: "Clever choice of public
licence support, along with software engineering that isolates proprietary items
from open source items, allows OS vendors to generate revenue from a very
cost-effective OS solution."
"Linux OS solutions will be far more cost-effective than incumbent solutions,
even when silicon requirements are taken into account.
"A fuller application layer will be included in the standard package, and the
burden of customisation falls mostly on the independent software vendor."
A new ABI Research study predicts that Linux solutions will be at the centre
of the drive to bring more content-rich environments to users who currently use
mid-tier devices.
More importantly, it looks increasingly likely that mobile Linux solutions
will be an important building block in enabling an application domain that
embraces web-based and blended web/native applications.
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