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We're not totally clear on why these guys need this on top of the Android Market and China Mobile's own Open Mobile System initiative, but for what it's worth, Chinese buyers of the XT701, MT710, and XT800 will have yet another way to find, buy, and store purchases for their phones.
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Analysts and industry watchers expect the company to announce details of its new Meego operating system at the event, an open-sourced mobile operating system on which it has been collaborating with Intel and hopes to use on high-end smart phones that compete with Apple's iPhone.
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As a rival open-source mobile operating system, Symbian was often compared to Android, sometimes unfavorably.
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Other areas of focus include MeeGo, the open-source mobile operating system that Intel and Nokia are jointly developing.
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Acer is also seriously considering releasing a tablet based on the open-source mobile operating system Meego, according to two Acer product managers.
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Firefox OS is a new mobile operating system built entirely using open web standards.
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In 2008, Google launched the open-source Android operating system, licensing mobile software to any and all device makers (at no cost), allowing others to tweak their code and innovate without permission.
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He believed that aligning standards around an open-source operating system would drive innovation across the mobile industry.
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