In a recent announcement LiPS (Linux Phone Standards) and LiMO announced that they will be merging together to form a stronger team to push the mobile Linux.
“LiPS Forum is proud of our standardization efforts, development activities and other achievements of the last three years,” commented Haila Wang, LiPS Forum president and CTO Orange Labs, Beijing. “Today, our membership agrees that LiPS’ greatest impact can be realized by adding our members’ expertise and resources to LiMo Foundation. Together, the member companies can better strive for a unified and ubiquitous Linux-based mobile platform”.
The competition in the Mobile Space seems to be heated up as Nokia announced to purchase Symbian and Make it open source. LiMo Foundation is expected to beat Android in getting their handsets to market, with the first wave expected within a few months.