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Linux Cell Phone/PDA

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the little-penguins-have-feelings-too dept.

maxmutt writes: "PalmPalm Technology Inc. a Korean Company, has got a new "smart phone", the IMT-2000, that looks interesting." Runs Linux, and is both a cell phone and PDA. Plays MP3 and video, has bluetooth, and runs embedded Qt. And has net functionality. It'll be interesting to see what comes of this.

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  1. Great... by don_carnage · · Score: 5
    Now the idiot in the car in front on me can not only be talking on the phone, but listening to an MP3, updating his calendar and watching a movie all at the same time.

    I vote for machine guns on the front of our vehicles!


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  2. Handspring already has much of this... by jbuilder · · Score: 4
    But you can get all of this today from Handspring with the PalmOS, via their Springboard technology. They have a Visor Cellphone, they have a vendor making a Bluetooth system for it. And then there's voice recorders, digital cameras, GPS devices.. tons o' stuff! And the PalmOS has 78 percent of the current PDA marketplace, so you *know* you're going to find lots of good software for it.

    Linux is a fine OS, guys.. But isn't using Linux for a cellular phone a bit like using a cannon to kill a flea? I mean, it's not like I can port Quake III for Linux to my PalmPalm cellphone.

    And oh yes.. You can BET there's a lawsuit coming from THAT company name name.

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  3. Before we get too excited... by mellifluous · · Score: 5
    First of all, IMT-2000 is a reference to third generation wireless technology and not (as far as I am aware) the model number of the device. And before Americans get too excited about this, keep in mind that the network infrastructure for this kind of technology does not exist here. For that matter, it does not exist in most other countries yet on any significant scale.

    Still, it seems to be a fairly interesting product. It would be interesting to see how reliable the Linux-based system is, given the complex list of supported features. Personally, I would be suspicious that the company is just cramming in features to make headlines without ironing out a lot of the details.