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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."

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  1. Engaging in floor bugle! by trollofdoom · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I obtained the engaging in floor bugle which is easy to escape!

    As for me it is not that, it fails! Linux the homosexual love which licks the female dog is slow, for the sake of is

  2. Re:That is interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is so hard about spelling "existance" correctly? Go back to second grade, you idiot. Good point though

  3. Re:1-900-get-pwned by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're advertising Miss Cleo. Stop it.

  4. sql help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can you add a column to a table and an index on that column in a single statement? I am using mysql. Thanks.

  5. Re:$699 for a cell phone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut up you cock-smoking teabagger.

  6. Why not Windows? by Nightreaver · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard that the next Windows version will run without problems on a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz and a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM.

  7. *BSD is dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The fatal disease FreeBSD is now facing is loss of marketshare. Week after week FreeBSD keeps slipping lower in the marketshare surveys. There is only one way to interpret these results: FreeBSD is dying. It is dying the death of a thousand cuts. Loss of marketshare means loss of ISV support. Loss of ISV support means loss of marketshare. And so it goes, into a downward spiral. Without marketshare, without ISV support, there can be only one outcome: OS extinction. This is the path on which FreeBSD is headed.

  8. Re:RISE UP AGAINST THE HU-MANS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hew-man is the official term.

  9. Re:That is interesting by D'Sphitz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uh hello, "existance" isn't a word. Go back to second grade, you idiot.

  10. A760 by zurab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone own a Motorola A760? Anyone know what markets it's available in? Judging by the specs, I'd buy one if I could. Any good/bad experiences with it?