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Android and LiMo square off at MWC

Posted on February 14, 2008 .

Two Linux-based mobile operating systems made their handset debuts at the Mobile World Congress, pitting open-source LiMo (Mobile Linux) and the Google-led Open Handset Alliance’s Android against Symbian and Windows Mobile.

Android appeared on a number of stands, including ARM, Texas Instruments and Qualcomm, via prototype handsets. ARM demonstrated Android on a GPRS HTC handset running a low-end 220-MHz ARM9 processor.

“Basically it’s got a Linux kernel behind it with Java running on the top,” said Simon Hickman, applied systems engineering manager for ARM. “Even though it’s running on an ARM9, it’s a quite quick and responsive user interface.” ARM isn’t a member of the OHA, but rigged up an Android demo because “we’re in 90% of all the handsets, so we’re showing that we can work with any OS vendor.”

Meanwhile, the LiMo Foundation unveiled the first wave of commercially available Mobile Linux handsets Motorola, NEC, Panasonic and Samsung, as well as prototype and reference handsets from LG Electronics, Aplix and Purple Labs.

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