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Linux to Power Most Motorola Phones

Posted by michael on from the cheaper-than-the-competition dept.

raffe writes "Motorola will begin selling its first cell phone based on Linux this year and says most future models will follow suit, a major sign of the growing popularity of operating system outside its stronghold on high-end computers."

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  1. Only... by Duds · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if you recompile your phone's kernal.

    Every time you add a new number. ;)

    still, I can start sending my business card as an rpm :p

  2. From the interface gods of Linux and Motorola - by Omkar · · Score: 4, Funny

    The new, Linux-powered, easy-to-use SmartPhone! To make a call, just enter the IP address of each router!

  3. Linux is officially an appliance engine? by Idou · · Score: 4, Funny

    "does this use of Linux in Motorola phones make it less likely that it will be used widely as a desktop? I think Linux is rapidly becoming viewed as an appliance engine."

    In breaking news today, IBM, HP, and Sun Microsystems have officially dropped their plans for Linux becuase, quote, "Linux is just an appliance engine."

    Meanwhile, sales of desktop Windows have crashed as the public has come to terms with "Windows only being a game console OS."

    I guess I would tell the parent to "lighten up" if he was not already modded "Insightful."

    Before you mod me down, please realize that I could have been a coward and used my mod points to mod the parent down, instead of posting a reply.

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