Samsung Linux-Powered Smartphone Ships In China

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 16, 2003 @06:11PM from the cross-pollination dept.

An anonymous reader writes "LinuxDevices.com reports on a new Samsung smartphone shipping in China. According to the article, the Samsung SCH-i519 smartphone supports both Chinese and English, and works with the CDMA2000 1x network of China's #2 wireless provider, Unicom. The device features voice control, a powerful 400MHz XScale PXA255 processor, and a software suite from Mizi Research. Add this to other recent news (a Linux-powered smartphone from China's E28, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has adopted Linux for its new 3G phones, and, of course, Motorola announced the Linux-powered A760 earlier this year), and it starts to look like Linux is picking up steam in the mobile phone market." Update: 12/17 06:16 GMT by S : We previously covered the E28 phone yesterday, though not this new Samsung model.

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Linux in China by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-16 18:12 · Score: 1, Funny

it starts to look like Linux is picking up steam in the mobile phone market.

Or at least some steamed rice!

har har!
China Announces Duplicate Slashdot Post by miracle69 · 2003-12-16 18:13 · Score: 3, Funny

But who cares, with over a billion people, some were bound to miss it the first time around.

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a swipe at the ambiguity of it all... by Anthony+Boyd · 2003-12-16 18:22 · Score: 4, Funny

the Samsung SCH-i519 smartphone supports both Chinese and English

That's it?!?!? I have German relatives, and my wife is Korean! I'm not buying any phone which limits the people I can speak to!

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heh by wrinkledshirt · 2003-12-16 18:31 · Score: 1, Funny

/. Editor: Did you see the story about the Linux-powered cell phone?

/. Reader: Actually, no, I didn't see it...

/. Editor: Give me a sec... (typing)

/. Editor: Okay, can you see it now?

[rimshot]

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