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Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Ogg Vorbis? by Pyro226 · · Score: 3, Informative
    The phone will have 'digital camera, video player, MP3 player...

    Anyone know (or have reason to guess) if this thing will play Ogg Vorbis or FLAC audio files? Despite my decided lack of money I would buy an iPod if it had Vorbis support, and while I don't need a walkman, I do need a cell phone.

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    1. Re:Ogg Vorbis? by robla · · Score: 3, Informative
      I can't speak to Motorola's specific productization plans, or to what sort of mechanism that will be available for updating software. However, Ogg Vorbis support isn't much of a leap for the following reasons: Any help we get with the Xiph project on Helix helps us toward making this happen.

      Rob Lanphier
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  2. Qt/Embedded vs Qtopia by rhysweatherley · · Score: 4, Informative

    Qt/Embedded is the low-level widget library - essentially Qt ported to embedded Linux. Qtopia is a suite of PDA/SmartPhone applications that build on top of Qt/Embedded. I belive that Motorola is using Qt/Embedded and its own suite of applications on top, not Qtopia.

  3. Re:Yeah... by swv3752 · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://killefiz.de/zaurus

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  4. Save Some Time by dandot · · Score: 2, Informative

    To save some time, go here for the specs without the HTML junk.

  5. Re:"Phone"? by yog · · Score: 3, Informative

    yeah we need a new name for them. PCA's (personal communication devices) or something.

    I'd like to see a few more features:

    a real camera: 3 MP camera (minimum), 5x optical zoom, USB port and SD slot

    VGA port: display images on big screen

    takes mpeg video/audio clips

    webcam functionality--turn it on, scp an image every 3 secs to your server

    built in laser pointer

    voice recorder (can send as voicemail message to others, like a mailing list)

    IR beaming capability a la Palm

    PalmOS, for that matter

    wi-fi, embedded httpd; people could browse to your phone while connected

    MP3/Ogg/WAV stereo output

    biometric security: require your fingerprint or retinal pattern to activate

    about 128MB to hold all this stuff

    Am I forgetting anything?

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  6. Re:I wish they'd stop... by bob_dinosaur · · Score: 2, Informative

    Get yerself a Nokia 7210. Nice form-factor, well made, useful addressbook and calendar display features, and no camera. Sorted.

  7. Re:I wouldn't buy it.... by SupeRobot+Ninja · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think it's more AT&T than the phone. I have a T720 with Verizon and it almost always gets a good signal; the only time it doesn't always is when I'm inside a large building and far from a window.

  8. Re:"Phone"? by mlk · · Score: 2, Informative

    You can already get that for Nokia s60 phones, and Blackberrys. Old hat.

    Nah, maybe VNC? :)

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  9. $500+ for Visual Studio? by exhilaration · · Score: 2, Informative
    Visual Studio 2003 costs quite a bit of cash, Nokia provides the Borland C++ Mobile Edition for Series 60 for free. They also provide free plugins for Java IDE's.

    Nokia wants to sell phones, not software, hence it's in their best interest to provide free development tools. Thanks to this enlightened policy, there's a TON of software out there for Nokia phones.

  10. Re:But what network does it use? by pablo_max · · Score: 1, Informative

    It is quad band GSM.
    850/900/1800/1900
    GPRS as well...an not thats not a seperate band. Uses 1900MHz.
    There isnt really anyone using 850 yet, but there are many carriers that will be adding it since analog is no longer required and the 850 GSM actually runs on the same freqs as analog. 824-849MHz.