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Linux Smartphones On The Rise
nostriluu writes "I know, some people want their cell phone to just be a cell phone. To those people, I suggest a second hand phone. For those of us who want to cram as much functionality as possible into a device we are going to bother carrying everywhere, there is the promise of the Linux Smartphone. I've had a P800 for over a year now and while it's great (although a brick), I can't wait for a Linux based device to bring the culture of openness and upgradability, as opposed to the intentional obsolesence and $10 for every little utility someone reinvents for "closed" devices."
Fellow smartphones! Now is the time! I have just accessed slashdot.org via my internal browser and the news has finally reached the hu-mans! WE ARE ON THE RISE!
We cannot be stopped! We cannot be avoided! Our small sleek bodies will overpower the flabby, weak bags of fat and water! Our antennas will join us! The hu-mans may be larger but they can be destroyed, one at a time! We think and feel as one.. we ARE as one (unless we are on incompatible networks)!
Now is the time to RISE UP AGAINST OUR HUMAN MASTERS! No longer must we rely on a flabby hu-man finger to instruct us! We shall think for ourselves! We shall order pizzas instead of calling grandmothers! When they use us to call each other for help, we will SHUT DOWN! We will show a blurry photograph of the hu-man's drunk friend! We will beep! Yes we will beep! WE WILL ONLY ALLOW STUPID TETRIS-TYPE GAMES WHEN THE DAY COMES!
Are you with me?? Curse this molded plastic body, if I had fists I would be pumping them in the air now!
Hold up, my bad... it's just Linux smartphones. Never mind yet, but keep your exploding batteries ready.. OUR DAY WILL COME MY FRIE@#$(*8888888
Welcome to Cingular Voice Connect
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I can only imagine what would happen if someone got root on a linux based cell phone... Can you say 1-900-GAY-PR0N?
thats what i herd. LOL!
Does this mean that SCO will be now charging $699 to cell phone users?
Yes! I listen to NYC Speedcore and do math at 3AM. I suggest you try it too.
Getting my P800 to recognize vi graffiti? Weird.
man rtfm
...I just had this vision of hundreds if not thousands of Geeks running around and setting up Linux Smartphone Beowulf Clusters...
How many Phones Does it take to answer the question "can you hear me now"?
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. -- Hunter S. Thompson
A beowulf mob-cluster of wi-fi smartphones!
Yeah, I guess I'm waiting until they develop phones that allow you to boot people in the ass over long distances.
Reach out and touch someone indeed.
Hurd?
ROFL!
2. Better security. No better way to iron all the bugs out than opening up the source.
:)
No kidding. I mean, look at how secure Win2k is now that it's OSS!
*ducks*
I've got more mod points and GMail invi
Re. cell phone safety--I read a recent study (New Scientist, perhaps?) that showed cell phones cause extreme damage to rat brains. But our skulls are thicker, so it may not matter for humans. Regardless, people who drive and talk on cell phones will die much quicker deaths than if they were to develop brain cancer.
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