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Review Of Linux-based Motorola A768i

Posted by timothy on from the not-in-your-mouth dept.

Eugenia writes "MobileBurn published a review of Motorola's A768i, the Linux-based smartphone that employs a PDA-style form factor. It may not have much in the way of photo-taking abilities, but the A768i might be the thing for business users as it excels in the phone/messaging category."

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  1. No pad? by HotshotXV · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So I tried to RTFA, and I got a 500 error past the first page - so my question is without a numeric keypad, how the heck do you dial the phone? Do you use the stylus - cause that would just be annoying.

  2. Messaging? by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So long as internet use over a mobile phone is more expensive than buying your own internet cafe, there's little future in this.

    The phone operators should realise that they could make a lot of money if they were not so damn greedy with their download rates.

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  3. Re:Why a 2G phone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hmm, primarily because the backbone is not entirely 3G yet.

    Besides, 2G definitely has more of a coverage than 3G does.

    Hence a lot of continuing investment in 2G networks.

    I think.

  4. *the* thing for business? by melonman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the A768i might be the thing for business users as it excels in the phone/messaging category

    Because no other equipment competes for this niche? Or is it because obviously the only acceptable solution is a Linux solution, and if this is the only Linux option in the niche it's therefore what everyone should be using? I like Linux, use it almost exclusively, but I can't say I'd go for a Linux PDA or phone if, say, a Symbian alternative had better features.

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  5. Business by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It may not have much in the way of photo-taking abilities, but the A768i might be the thing for business users as it excels in the phone/messaging category.

    Not necessarily. The fact that it has a camera at all makes it unuseable for me at work (security). Give me an option if I want a camera or not, and adjust the price accordingly. Then we will talk.

    By the way, does this look just like a Palm m100 to anyone else?