MontaVista announced <A HREF="http://www.mvista.com/press_release_detail.php?fid=news/2007/mob5.html">the new 5.0 release of MontaVista Mobilinux,</A> the mobile operating system used in 90 percent of Linux-based smartphones. Mobilinux provides a commercial-quality, field-proven embedded Linux operating system optimized for mobile devices plus a rich development environment for the engineers who design them.
Mobilinux 5.0 will enable manufacturers to deliver new mobile devices (such as phone handsets, GPS devices, portable medical devices, and wireless point-of-sale terminals) to consumers more quickly and with new functions, breakthrough connectivity, fast performance, NSA-level security, and battery-extending dynamic power management.