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DoCoMo to Use Linux on Phones

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the coming-to-fruition dept.

highwaytohell writes "News.com.au has an announcement that NTT DoCoMo in collaboration with NEC and Panasonic have developed a Linux based software platform for third generation cell phones. 'The main advantage of the new platform will be easy integration of advanced multi-media applications and efficient use of software,' NEC spokeswoman Akiko Shikimori said." This was first reported about a year ago, but the platform looks to be mostly done by now, and a new press release timed to remind us of its impending release.

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  1. Enough Already! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's just a damn OPERating system. It's like a parent going ga-ga every time their baby spits up. Give it a rest.

  2. mod dnown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    as it is liceNsed ballots. You could