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The LiMo Foundation, a nonprofit organization you may have heard of before just got bigger and wider. It was formed by six of the biggest names in the cell phone business to promote the use of Linux of handsets. Now, it looks like it could propell the platform to new heights in terms of mobile usability.

Aplix Corp., Celunite Inc., LG Electronics Inc., McAfee Inc. and Wind River Systems Inc.; and new associate members are ARM Inc., Broadcom Corp., Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Innopath Software, KTF Co. Ltd., MontaVista Software Inc. and NXP B.V. have recently joined the founding members of LiMo Foundation to promote the use of Linux in handheld devices. It could be recalled that the six original members were mobile world titans Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and carriers NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Vodafone Group Services Ltd.

With the big support it has gotten, the first phones that would incorporate the Linux platforms are widely expected to hit stores next year.

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Linux, LiMo Foundation, NEC, LG, Samsung, Vodafone, Panasonic, Motorola, McAfee

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