Comments on: Samsung: We hold 25% of the worldwide touchscreen phone market! http://www.intomobile.com/2009/03/16/samsung-we-hold-25-of-the-worldwide-touchscreen-phone-market.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:06:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: HereAndNow http://www.intomobile.com/2009/03/16/samsung-we-hold-25-of-the-worldwide-touchscreen-phone-market.html/comment-page-1/#comment-333782 HereAndNow Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:58:24 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=43105#comment-333782 I hope smartphone OSes eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable "desktops" (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)...kinda like KDE & GNOME. This would be beneficial because: 1. device vendors would be able to differentiate their devices with a unique user experience. 2. component vendors would have fewer drivers to develop & support. 3. consumers would theoretically be able to change "desktops", without changing devices. 4. the linux platform would be community developed & supported (versus being re-invented for every smartphone OS). 5. the linux platform would be portable to different CPU architectures (e.g. ARM & x86). I hope smartphone OSes eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable “desktops” (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)…kinda like KDE & GNOME. This would be beneficial because:

1. device vendors would be able to differentiate their devices with a unique user experience.
2. component vendors would have fewer drivers to develop & support.
3. consumers would theoretically be able to change “desktops”, without changing devices.
4. the linux platform would be community developed & supported (versus being re-invented for every smartphone OS).
5. the linux platform would be portable to different CPU architectures (e.g. ARM & x86).

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