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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. Someone explain to me (not a troll) by Omkar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    why I need any OS on my lower-end phone. I just want to make some calls!

  2. Wrong. by zensonic · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Outsiders agree. "The story here isn't really Linux on cell phones. It's Java running on Linux," Jackson said. "It's more about it being a bigger part of Motorola's Java strategy than it is about the efficacy or viability of Linux."

    That's just wrong. The story is about selling more phones. How to do that. Easy: Put (java)games, (java)PIM applications, (java)Chat, (java)anything on the phone. A second bonus is ofcourse that linux runs on top of the PPC arch that motorola develops. It's also worth noting that now that Apple is flirting with IBM motorola needs customers for it's PPC line. It all makes sense: Let one division of motorola use the chips that the other division produces.

    I'm only worried about what all this does for battery lifetime of my phone :-/

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    Thomas S. Iversen