Motorola Readies Music-oriented Linux Mobile Phone

Posted by simoniker on Wednesday March 10, 2004 @10:35PM from the camera-action dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Motorola has announced several new multimedia-enabled mobile phones supporting music and video playback, including one new device based on embedded Linux, according to LinuxDevices.com. The Linux-based Motorola E680 could see US distribution, making it the first of Motorola's Linux-based mobile phones available outside the far East. The E680 will include multimedia playback software supporting a variety of formats, including MP3 audio, MPEG4 video, and RealPlayer multimedia content." The article notes: "Motorola's previous Linux-based phones have been based on MontaVista Linux, and have used the Qt/Embedded graphical application framework."

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Re:Changing my mind on all-in-one devices.. by squaretorus · 2004-03-11 00:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A mobile on your belt?? Thats SO 1990s!!

You want to have it rolling around in your bag so that your always missing calls and dialling emergency services by mistake.

At least thats what my GF does