Three More Linux mobile Phones Coming in Japan

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday November 21, 2004 @04:30AM 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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Re:Great Idea by thepoch · 2004-11-21 04:47 · 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.