"... the cloud will soon become a disruptive force in the mobile world, eventually becoming the dominant way in which mobile applications operate."
"The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is."
George C. Beakley
"By His Genius Distant Lands Converse And Men Sail Unafraid Unto The Deep."
"What would the world look like if cellular networks were open-sourced?"
"If you're a developer, you want to be where you can fulfill your vision. If you're a consumer, you want to be where you can do what you want to do. If you're a handset manufacturer, you need to be where that innovation happens."
"Open source licenses tell only half the story. The governance model, the implicit rules defining transparency and influence into an open source project, is the small print that determines the power dynamics around that project."
Andreas Constantinou
"Today's modern handset represents a 'melting pot' of communications and multimedia technologies."
R. Wietfeldt, Texas Instruments
Mobile is the editorial theme for this issue of the OSBR. This month's authors provide an overview of how open source fits into the world of handheld mobile devices, discussing everything from the hardware to the software applications running on the device. Their discussion is not limited to mobile phones as they cover other aspects of the complete mobile system, including transmitters and receivers. It is our hope that their insights prompt you to think about open source the next time you reach for your mobile device.