DoCoMo To Use Linux On Their 3G phones

ilbrec writes "Looks like NTT DoCoMo will be using Linux on their 3G phones next year. This actually was reported yesterday in Japan (here), but I could not find any article in English until now. While it's not clear who will be making the Linux phone for them, I would certainly be interested in seeing them once they are out. No word on this anywhere at DoCoMo's website at all, however." Reader paku adds links to similar coverage in Forbes and in Japan Today.

Comments

On Bizzaro World...

[Anonymous Coward]

Can you hack these phones to run Windows and not support the Evil Penguin Empire?

Re:Linux /Java virus.

[AndroidCat]

I've always questioned the need for games and apps on a phone.

How else will we overhear things like this on the bus: "Beep-beep-boop, *Ring*! Hello, yeah, I'm on the bus. Listen, I'm going for a high score in Dark Evil Castle of Doom, can I call you back? Yeah, I'll put it in my schedule. Okay, bye! Boop-beep-beep..."

Happy happy, joy joy.

Re:Obligatory Beowulf joke.... coming up :-)

[Icarus_SFX]

Hey! distributed computing to cure cancer.

Hmmzz... Didn't they say that Cell Phones could be causing cancer ?

Wont they cost $1499 dollars?

[goombah99]

Well I figure the phone will cost $100 with a discount for a service contract. Then add on the $1399 per platform SCO tax and you get $1499. ouch.

But on a more serious note if they really want to put a nice OS with an exapansible API on the phone some company should think about partnering with apple to do it.

Also I dont know much about kernels, but from a superficial knowledge level I'd speculate that BSD with its modular microkernel might be slightly more adapted to niche platforms than linux which is more globally integrated and optimized for its more standard platforms. Perhaps some more wise person can comment on this?