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Motorola A768 Phone Loaded With Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the fits-in-one-hand dept.

Supp0rtLinux writes "According to this article over at Linux Devices and noted on here at NewsForge.com, Motorola has released a newer version of its A76x line of cellular phones. This newest release, the A768, boasts of open source softwares from Monta Vista Linux, Trolltech, and Sleepycat. The only downside is that it appears to only be available in China right now. And the older A760 released last August is still only available in Europe and Asia. Why are we in the U.S. always the last to get new cellular toys? The good news, though, is that with a Linux base and an integrated PDA and MS Office file compatibility, at least syncing this to either a Linux system or a Windows one should be fairly seamless. (A760 Review)"

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  1. OMG by Supp0rtLinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    300+ submissions and one was finally accepted. Time to tell the wife and kiddies... :) I've finally made it to the ranks for geekdom. Now, if only someone would sell me their extremely low /. number... something under 5000 perhaps?

    1. Re:OMG by CompressedAir · · Score: 5, Funny

      It seems the trick was to pack in as many links as possible.

    2. Re:OMG by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      300+ submissions??? Damn, that's persistance.
      Was there a wife and kiddies before the first submission? Perhaps you could post a timeline.

  2. Not an option by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only downside is that it appear to only be available in China right now.

    Well I suppose you could learn Chinese, but paying for around-the-world roaming fees will probably screw you.

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  3. centericq, vnc, and gkrellm too!?! by planckscale · · Score: 5, Funny
    That's all I need is an always on centericq text message center with gkrellm running to let me know when I have new emails, my cpu usage and maybe a virtual desktop into any IP address while on speakerphone with live video with gps location and news and weather alerts vibrating color ringtones bash shell mp3 playing miniDVDdiskburner ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *splat* head explodes

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  4. great by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 5, Funny

    now, not only do i have to deal with people talking on cell phones while driving, i potentially have to deal with people compiling kernels on their cell phones while driving

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    1. Re:great by RevAaron · · Score: 3, Funny

      Judging from the Zaurus [1], we'll probably find out that this handset can kinda sorta make phone calls. But check this out! You can run MySQL on it! And PHP! And X11! See how cute my phone is at a LUG meeting, although during the rest of the week it goes unused...

      [1] Enter Zaurus cheerleader, who says: "It's not supposed to be a good PDA! It's a PMT, not a PDA! *frothing at mouth*"

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  5. Re:Handys in Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A a fellow German, let me tell you that the term "handy" means nothing to non-Germans. At least nothing cellphone-related. ;-)

  6. Please deposit $699 to make a call by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    Full of open source?

    "Please deposit $699 for the next 3 minutes. Thank you for using Cingudarl."

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  7. Office file compatibility? by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean that the phone will run all of the word/excel macro virii/viruses?

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