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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. Hoo boy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'd heard that DoCoMo was in trouble (due mostly to competition from KDDI), but I didn't take it seriously until this desperate move!

  2. gnaalol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    loljews

  3. GO PENGUINS... bash those BALLmers!!! by x5061756C · · Score: -1, Troll

    wishful thinking :)

  4. so? by .silG.00 · · Score: -1, Troll

    using linux on gadgets aint new.
    slashodt news are getting teh poopier.. help my karma mod +!

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