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Open Source Phone on the Way

Posted by Zonk on from the can-you-hear-me dept.

prostoalex writes "Dr. Dobb's Journal reports on GPE Palmtop Environment's aim to create a full stack of open source software for mobile phones. Mobile operator Orange and France Telecom are contributing to the project. The goal is to have a fully featured mobile handset with applications like instant messaging and email, with only a portion of the price."

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  1. Call me Old Fashioned, but... by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Call me old fashioned, but when I read the title Open Source Phone on the Way, I immediately thought of one of these and thought, "What's to open source? There are plans all over the internet already."

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  2. For more information... by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...check the dupe.

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  3. Now a phone! by ArcherB · · Score: 3, Funny

    Good, because I'm running out of things to run Linux on around here!

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  4. Re:Inevitable Commodity Item by edwardpickman · · Score: 4, Funny
    Kids will not know what a phone is in 10 years.

    That's just silly. Kids still know what a vinyl record and 8 track tapes are....Second thought strike that.