The LiMo Foundation, a broad industry consortium of manufacturers, operators and software developers working to put Linux onto the mobile phone, is to launch a major enterprise push later this year.
The LiMo Foundation launched its first mobile handsets, which run on the Linux-based Mobile LiMo Platform, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday.
The LiMo Foundation released the first full version of its mobile phone platform on Monday.
The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released next month, but the API is available to developers immediately.
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