Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Motorola Launches A760 Linux and Java Smartphone

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the phoning-home dept.

securitas writes "Motorola launched its A760 Linux and Java smartphone in China today. The dual-mode GSM/GPRS phone uses a version of MontaVista Linux, Motorola's i250 chip for communications, Intel's 200 MHz PXA262 chip (based on the XScale PXA250) for computing with 256 MB RAM, and software that includes a personal information management application, digital camera, a video player, MP3 music player, and an instant-messaging tool. The A760 is the first of Motorola's Linux-based phones. Eventually Motorola plans to use Linux in most of its phones."

8 of 116 comments (clear)

  1. Features required before it can replace a Zaurus.. by zelurxunil · · Score: 3, Funny

    1.) Bash 2.) GCC 3.) X11 4.) Emacs

    --

    What's another word for Thesaurus?
    -Steve Wright
  2. Re:Features required before it can replace a Zauru by arcanumas · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why Emacs? It's already got an OS and that's Linux.

    --
    Slashdot Sig. version 0.1alpha. Use at your own risk.
  3. Linux in a phone? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard they still can't get the sound to work.

  4. Features... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is cool and all.. But can I make calls with it?

  5. Re:Smartphone OSs by binary+paladin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Links to some results? Of course not.

    Here's a summary of MY results:

    My Linux powered toilet flushes 1000% faster and can handle much larger (sometimes by an order of magnitude) offerings than my Windows based one. It also uses %50 less water. Can you believe that?

    I'm sticking with Linux for all my bathroom needs. I can't wait to install Apache on it either. That's gonna rock.

  6. Time for a mobile webserver... by binary+paladin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know what my issue is but every single time I see a new device that sports Linux I consider getting one and turning it into a webserver. One of these days that's what's happening to my PS2.

  7. Only problem is... by rufo · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm sure typing "dialphone 555-123-4567" from the command line will work, but if you want a GUI you're going to have to download the correct video drivers, recompile your X server and pray that everything works properly.

    Oh, and good luck editing /etc/gsm.conf and /etc/gprs.conf properly, the man pages aren't quite finished yet. ;)

    --
    My English teacher once told me that two positives don't make a negative. Two words for her: Yeah, right.
  8. EMACS? What are you thinking? by gotr00t · · Score: 2, Funny

    On a platform like that, you could get done typing entire documents on VI while Emacs is still loading. :P