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Linux Gets Mobile (phone)

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 1, 2003 @02:42AM from the bidness-in-china dept.

arclightfire writes "The Register are reporting that Motorola, one of major mobile phone manufacturers in the world, has decided that the future's bright, the future's penguin! The reasoning cited is the belief that China holds the key to the mobile phone market of tomorrow, therefore this future needs to be Linux; 'Not only is China potentially the world's largest mobile phone market, but it's also where most phones are built. Even more significantly, it's where the next generation of all mobile devices will be based, thinks Motorola.' Pax Linux?"

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In Communist China... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-01 02:48 · Score: 0, Troll

Do they run Linux?

Seriously most the people there earn about $50 a month. How can enough people afford a mobile?

The calls would have to be much cheaper. The handset shouldn't be a problem but you can buy a P4 system in China for about $300 but most people still can't afford that.