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DoCoMo to Use Linux on Phones

Hardware · Handheld · 2004-11-18 11:46 · posted by CowboyNeal · from the coming-to-fruition dept. · 106 comments

highwaytohell writes "News.com.au has an announcement that NTT DoCoMo in collaboration with NEC and Panasonic have developed a Linux based software platform for third generation cell phones. 'The main advantage of the new platform will be easy integration of advanced multi-media applications and efficient use of software,' NEC spokeswoman Akiko Shikimori said." This was first reported about a year ago, but the platform looks to be mostly done by now, and a new press release timed to remind us of its impending release.
Unmanned Aerial Telecom Relays

Tech · Technology · 2002-07-22 23:50 · posted by michael · from the it's-a-bird-it's-a-plane dept. · 79 comments

Brussel writes "SkyTower in collaboration with the Japan Ministry of Telecommunications (CRL/TAO) and NASA has successfully completed a series of commercial telecommunications tests -- the world's first from more than 60,000 feet in the stratosphere. The tests, which began three weeks ago, were conducted from Pathfinder-Plus, an unmanned solar-electric aircraft developed by AeroVironment." There's another press release here.