Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 11, 2003 @12:39PM from the tricorder dept.

lems1 writes "Start compiling the excuses you will tell your boss to upgrade your cell phone now. Motorola has opted to use Trolltech's Qtopia to power up the next generation of SmartPhones. Get the scoop/specs from here and a nice high-res picture from this other link. The phone will have 'digital camera, video player, MP3 player, speakerphone, advanced messaging, instant Internet access and Bluetooth wireless technology' capabilities. On top of being Linux-based of course." Update: 11/12 00:44 GMT by T : Yep, this is the same phone mentioned a few weeks ago.

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Keep a level head about this by Tim_F · 2003-11-11 13:02 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Just because this phone runs Linux does not necessarily make it better than the other phones out there. Sure, if they had used GTK+ it would look like arse, but if this phone doesn't have the hardware to back up the software, it's simply not going to perform as it needs to. It's great to support projects that support Linux, but if those projects suck, your support is wasted. There are plenty other worthy cell phones out there that perform as advertised, such as those from Microsoft and Handspring/Palm. Don't let Linux be the one and only reason for choosing a phone. You may get burned.