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Three More Linux mobile Phones Coming in Japan

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-always-get-the-cool-stuff-first dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NEC and Panasonic have developed three Linux-powered 3G mobile phones to be introduced in Japan in the coming months -- NEC's N900iL, NEC's N901iC, and Panasonic's P901i. Of the three, only NEC's N900iL is currently shipping. The N900iL is a dual-network 3G/VoIP handset that works as a 3G mobile phone (using DoCoMo's W-CDMA/FOMA technologies), VoIP terminal, or both simultaneously. All three phones are based on the Linux 3G mobile phone software platform announced by NEC and Panasonic earlier this week."

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  1. Re:Great Idea by thepoch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frankly, I can't wait for Japan to develop some sort of communicator that I can pin on my shirt, tap, and just say the name of the person I want to talk to with immediate and seamless translations.

    Either that or the skull implanted cellphones Nokia is planning on that Linus talks about in his Just For Fun book.

  2. The secret behind NT DoCoMo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's just an anagram of "Not dotcom"

  3. All I want for Christmas by RealProgrammer · · Score: 2, Funny
    is a small Linux PDA/phone with
    • wifi
    • 2-3 {USB|keyboard|mouse} ports
    • VGA output
    • use and boot from some kind solid state memory expansion
    • built-in screen doesn't have to be fancy, just big enough to display nmap output or run vi.

    If my calling plan is reasonable, I don't care about VoIP.

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    sigs, as if you care.
  4. Re:But do they run Windows? by Trejkaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose it could run BSD... if BSD weren't dead! There you go, I fused another one into the mix.

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    Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!