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Computex and Gigabyte's Slick UMPC, Linux SmartPhone

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the mail-me-three dept.

MojoKid writes "Computex Taipei is brimming with new technologies as usual this year and the first day of the show has proven to be a Tech Geek's nirvana of sorts. Highlights of the show for the handheld crowed include Gigabyte's slick UMPC, FIC's Linux-based Smart Phone, and Asus' sub-$300 Eee notebook PC shown at an Intel keynote address."

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  3. Will any smart phone measure up to the iPhone? by Noose+For+A+Neck · · Score: -1, Troll

    With the impending release date of Apple's iPhone, I am left to wonder whether there is even any point in other manufacturers continuing to develop smart phones when they will just be saddled with either a bloated and Byzantine Windows CE or Linux, an operating system that, while promising, is still in its early stages of adoption in the wireless industry. Will either, for instance, offer the freedom to develop for the platform that developers enjoy with the iPhone? Will they have cool features like a screen that rotates images when the phone is rotated?

    Personally, I am not holding my breath when it comes to such functionality. Perhaps in a few years Snape dies so Harry can kill Voldemort without dying and Linux will be leading the industry in terms of usability and ease of development, but as the issue stands right now, Apple's iPhone has slain the competition before it has even hit the market.

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