LiMo completes the absorption of the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum and competitor Android also looks poised for success with Linux-based phones.

On Monday new members will be announced by the LiMo Foundation which includes one that is sharing code for developing mobile Web apps, and the group say it is an indication that its Linux mobile phone platform is maturing. Network World reports, the LiMo Foundation recently subsumed the weakening Linux Phone Standards Forum has stated it

The Linux Phone Standards

"Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) joins Forces with LiMo Foundation to support and to unify the growing momentum of Linux platforms in the global mobile market, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum announced that its activities and membership will be folded into LiMo Foundation as of July, 2008. The move will encompass LiPS Forum members from across the mobile ecosystem, including chipset suppliers,

As smaller competitors in an growing open-source mobile OS market, LiMo Foundation and LiPS (Linux Phone Standards) Forum members are in for a serious battle for open-source marketshare. With Nokia buying out Symbian to essentially seed the open-source Symbian mobile platform, and the OHA backing Google's Android platform, there isn't much hope for small-game. Oh,

Looks like there's only room for one mobile Linux standards body in these here parts, and LiMo's recent momentum and partnership deals have apparently swept up the members of the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) -- the two groups just announced that as of July, LiPS will be folded into LiMo. That'll give the Foundation even more ammunition as it gears up to do open-source battle with Android and that

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has announced that its activities and membership are to be folded into follow Mobile Linux forum, the LiMo Foundation from the end of this month.

Google's announcement of Android was big, there's no doubt about that. But, the OHA and Android aren't the only group to push for an open-source mobile phone movement based on Linux. The LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) Forum has been championing the Linux cause for handsets on the open-source tip. With the might of Google behind it, Android and the OHA stole the show - almost banishing the LiPS

The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS) has completed work on a standard that it hopes will bring cross compatibility to applications and services deployed on Linux-based phones.

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum today announced completion of the LiPS Release 1.0 specifications, fulfilling the commitment announced in June of this year. With this release, LiPS enables mobile industry players to achieve basic interoperability for applications and services deployed on Linux-based phones, benefiting Linux-based software stack suppliers, mobile device OEMs and regional and