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In a context where several development projects for mobile platforms Linux co exist with Android Google, ALP of Access, JUIX Motorola projects in addition to Palm, the LiMo Foundation seeks to differentiate itself to aggregate manufacturers, equipment manufacturers and network operators. This entity independent non-profit, seeks to promote effective for some time already a competitive system for mobile Linux. The LiMo foundation was launched by manufacturers Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications and Samsung Electronics as well as operators NTT Do Como and Vodafone. After having received 8 new members last May, are 11 new members who just joined the past few days the foundation which now has more than fifty in total. The new members are: Cellon (brand of mobile terminals, which develops Linux derivatives Utopian), Emetic (specialist solutions for mobile Java), Free scale Semiconductor, Long cheer Holdings (Chinese designer of mobile), MIZI Research (Korean society which developing a Linux system mobile), Movial Corporation (Finnish developer of mobile multimedia software), Packet Video Corporation (video software), SK Invoice (Korean society), Telecom Italia (mobile operator), Virtual Logix Inc. (virtualization real-time) and ZTE Corporation (China and the first manufacturer of mobile phones in China). At the same time they are 7 new mobile phones - Motorola, NEC and Panasonic - are placed on the market and exploit the platform LiMo: MOTOZINE ZN5 Motorola; FOMA N906i, N906imu FOMA, and FOMA N906iL FOMA N706i of NEC, and FOMA P906i and FOMA P706imu Panasonic Mobile Communications. They are a total of 21 mobile LiMo which are currently available around the world. It remains to be seen whether the mobile platform of the foundation will eventually be also used on mobile and high-end smart phones after being democratized on terminals of entry and mid-range.