To be brutally honest, I feel that most folks expect that consumer level electronics ought to be user friendly, while giving a whole lot less thought as to what makes them run. In short, most people could care less if something is running Linux or not…

As CE (consumer-electronics) vendors vie for market share, consumers are asking designers to cram more functions into every new product or update. Users are no longer content with devices that offer only one function. Multifunction devices, such as mobile phones, media players, digital cameras, game consoles, radios, and televisions are all competing for consumers’ dollars. To deal with this complexity, 32-bit processors, networking connections, full graphics displays, security, and multithread software are now standard fare in new designs. With the high volumes and thin profit margins associated with CE products, design teams are investigating and adopting the Linux operating system to tackle the software burden. [Read the rest]

[tags]consumer electronics,vendors,2-bit processors,networking connections,full graphics displays[/tags]