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China Launches Linux-Based Smartphone
An anonymous reader writes "This news item at LinuxDevices provides photos and specs of a new Linux-based smartphone being launched today in China. The device, called the E2800, sells for about $600, and targets business users, offering PDA functions, touch-screen, handwriting recognition, a camera, and memory expansion to 512MB through an SD memory card, the article says. The device's manufacturer is a Shanghai company named E28. The E2800 is a 900/1800MHz, GSM/GPRS class 10 device based on dual ARM9 processors, running embedded Linux with a 2.4-series kernel. Other recent Linux-based mobile phone announcements have been Japan's NTT DoCoMo's 3G phones and Motorola's A760."
But the person on the other end always sounds like they're speaking Chinese.
Some technology in the phone that isn't talked about
It will automatically phone police when if you text "Falun Gong". Also the words democracy, voting and human rights will also cause the phone to dial the appropriate authorities to protect the poor citizen from potential harm. It also helps identify and track citizens that need to be re-educated.
Isn't technology great? **remove tongue from cheek**
AngryPeopleRule
"Science is about ego as much as it is about discovery and truth " - I said it, so sue me.
I can see the ad campaign now...
Like that stupid Cheerios ad except instead of some middle-aged sad sack saying "I lowered my cholesterol," it would be a bunch of hopeless geeks running around muttering "cat /proc/cpuinfo".
I know I would :)
Sorry guys, but does anyone realize that the far world is leveraging west influences to bring prosperity to their country? Its not about freedom but economics. Support your local coffee shop
Now Chinese business men will be able to peruse the 5 websites their government allows them to view -- on the move! Plus they'll be able to speak with their business partners and family about ideas that are inoffensive to the government!
Ya know, people are going to become REALLY confused when phone processor speeds reach 900 and 1800 mhz.
Quid festinatio swallonis est aetherfuga inonusti?
Africus aut Europaeus?
rrrrring
- E2800 tech support. How can I help you ?
- Your company sucks. This stupid phone sucks. I cannot get a dialtone while I'm in the parking area of my building. It says "no signal". And it's just 3 levels underground.
- Oh. I see. (with the best BOFHish voice). I'll be more than pleased to boost the signal level specially for you, in order to promptly solve this problem that's so annoying you. What's your username ? >clicket< >click<
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I forsee that in the future, we will be living in futuristic homes (deep, underground shelters), futuristic clothing (radiation protection and mask), using futuristic power sources (nuclear -- oh, the irony), largely replacing our transportation system (biologically powered bipeds), and eating prehistoric foods (grain lasts a loooong time, you know). And we will probably have some missiles left over, in case anyone else survived.
Just my $0.02
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
You obviously must have put one of these to your head.
One billion people can.
It'd be a fucking useless language if nobody could read the shit... Like you kind of useless.