<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
Phone	I-Operating_System
Standards	I-Operating_System
Forum	I-Operating_System
(	O
LiPS	O
Forum	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
consortium	B-Application
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
companies	O
to	O
create	O
standards	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
LiPS	O
Forum	O
is	O
to	O
create	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
applications	O
to	O
inter-operate	O
across	O
Linux	B-Application
handsets	O
made	O
by	O
all	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founding	O
members	O
include	O
ARM	O
Ltd	O
,	O
Cellon	O
,	O
Esmertec	O
,	O
France	O
Telecom	O
,	O
Telecom	O
Italia	O
,	O
FSM	O
Labs	O
,	O
Huawei	O
,	O
Jaluna	O
,	O
MIZI	O
Research	O
,	O
MontaVista	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
,	O
Open-Plug	O
and	O
PalmSource	O
(	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
PalmSource	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
its	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Access	O
Inc	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
LiPS	O
forum	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
join	O
with	O
the	O
LiMo	B-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
thereby	O
cease	O
to	O
exist	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
