Ubuntu has just announced that Intel has been making a mobile chipset designed to run Ubuntu. These are the future chipsets which will be found in PDAs like cell phones, blackberries and palm pilot devices. The project is called "Ubuntu Mobile." The BBC Reports:
A version of the increasingly popular Linux operating system Ubuntu will be developed for use on net-enabled phones and devices.The Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded project aims to create the open source platform for initial release in October 2007.
The operating system will be developed by members of the Ubuntu community, along with staff from chip giant Intel.
Its development was prompted by the growth of power hungry portable devices that place new demands on software.
"It is clear that new types of device - small, handheld, graphical tablets which are Internet-enabled - are going to change the way we communicate and collaborate," said Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman.
"These devices place new demands on open-source software and require innovative graphical interfaces, improved power management and better responsiveness."
Mobile firms such as Nokia are already using open source technologies in some of its products.
