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Linux Smartphones Race To Be 1st In U.S.

Posted by timothy on from the buy-a-smaller-a-tux dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The race is on for first mover in the domestic US Linux smartphone market! Last week, Motorola announced a new Linux-based business user smartphone that's expected to ship to US customers by the end of 2004. Meanwhile, Chinese phone maker e28 will debut its latest Linux-based smartphone at LinuxWorld this week, and will soon begin distributing it in the Chicago area. Both devices are pretty cool. The quad-band Moto phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, Intel's latest cell-phone chip, and fancy sync software that (currently only) works with Microsoft email servers at this point (others pending). e28's phone is an upgrade to its previously announced e2800, which became the world's first commercially available Linux phone when it shipped in China in August, 2003 [Slashdot discussion]. Interestingly, e28 was founded in 2002 by the former president of Mot's Asia Pacific cell phone division -- the world's largest mobile market."

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. yay1111 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    2nd psot!

  3. You mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  4. OT 503 errors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one who is getting 503 errors when I try to log in?

    1. Re:OT 503 errors by sotonboy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      No, I got them all morning.

  5. Yes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you checked your internet connection? I'd call your ISP if I were you.

  6. Green Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here

  7. Is it me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or does the site keep going down with a 503 error?

    1. Re:Is it me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Same thing from Australia