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Motorola+Qtopia=Linux Smart Phone
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.
More like Gaytopia if you ask me.
Memo to the Mac feebs who now infest this site: This is a technical subject involving actual knowledge of computers and computer programming. It contains nothing of interest to you, so please just move along and do not annoy any of the adults currently trying to discuss adult topics.
Thank you.
Trolltech's shares are currently owned by employees, the Trolltech Foundation and investors, with the following distribution:
Employees 64.7%
Borland 8.3%
Trolltech Foundation 5.2%
Orkla ASA 4.3%
Northzone Ventures 4.3%
Teknoinvest 4.3%
Canopy Group 4.1%
Previous employees 3.4%
SCO Group 1.6%
What do you think?
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Davak
The idea of a Linux-based phone is nice, but Qtopia just isn't a very good environment. It was far too clumsy and 'desktop'-like on the Zaurus, and will likely be even worse on such a cramped device as a telephone.
Trust the Computer. The Computer is your friend.
How in the hell is this a troll?
The SCO seems to be able to put a thorn in the side of the linux community right now.
The fact that SCO has a peripheral investment in the project is important.
It probably decreases the risk of SCO hitting the company with a lawsuit over the use of linux. Plus, some people are so livid over SCO that they may wish not to use anything that is even remotely associated with SCO.
Who is slashdot handing out mod points to these days? I'll see you in metamod.
Davak
My last two cellular phones were both by Motorola. The first was a v60, and the second, a T720.
They both had reasonably well designed user interfaces. On the surface, I couldn't say enough about them. They were small. They were comfortable to talk on. They had nice displays. They were easy to dial without looking at the keypad. They had cool and most importantly "clean" designs.
But then I had just a few "minor" problems with these telephones:
1. You couldn't make or receive calls on them.
2. They would not notify you when you had voicemail (from the calls you missed, even while you might have been standing outside in the middle of their coverage area).
3. The software was defective.
4. They had major design flaws.
The v60 exhibited all of the above problems, and when I complained, they suggested I pick up a v60i which supposedly had fixed all the problems. Basically, they wanted me to pay $150 for a new phone that was the exact same model as the one I already had, but with the bugs removed.
I held on to the v60 for another month, until the antenna broke off (due to an admitted-by-the-rep design flaw) and I wasn't about to wait FOUR to SIX weeks to have it repaired. I bought the T720.
Big mistake #2.
The supposedly wonderful 3G GSM service was anything but. It didn't work anywhere (I'm in California), and worse, it would stop trying to connect to the network after 30 minutes of not being able to reach its network. When it did this it wouldn't even so much as beep, or show any indication on the external display (you had to open it to find out). Given that the reception was terrible, this happened at least once but more often 2+ times a day.
After a few months of that, I raised all hell with AT&T wireless, broke the contract (and with another 1/2 hour of yelling, avoided the $175 cancellation fee). I now have an LG phone with Verizon. I love it. It has this neat feature called "being able to make and receive telephone calls".
Until I hear that Motorola has made MAJOR changes to their strategy, I'm not interested in any of their cellular products, no matter how cool they might seem.
What has *science* done?!? -- Dr. Weird (ATHF)
Don't worry, I did see him in metamod ;-)
(Hope my meta-moderation does't get undone by the slashcode for posting here...)
One more reason why your post was informative rather than a troll. Canopy Group / SCO's ownership of TrollTech was one of the recurring comments on /., so it was really useful to point out that combined they still only own about 5.7% of the company. Way too little to influence the decisions TrollTech makes.
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