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Linux Crashes the Mobile Party

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-not-that-kind-of-crash dept.

superglaze writes "ZDNet.co.uk has a fairly comprehensive feature on the progress being made by Linux for cellphones. Seems a pretty consumer deal for now, but there are some interesting hints of Linux eventually challenging Windows Mobile and Symbian in business use. The article also seems to suggest that the two big groups pushing mobile Linux could be amenable to a merger due to common interests."

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  1. Re:Could this be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    One page print version of article, rather than 4 ad-loaded pages.

  2. Openmoko by lobiusmoop · · Score: 5, Informative

    The OpenMoko platform is looking like a good bet for a Linux-based phone/pda platform. ARM-based, iPhone-like touchscreen and a nice development kit available. It's due in Oct/Nov I beleve.

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  3. Don't forget Sun by simong · · Score: 4, Informative

    One of the more interesting developments following the release of the Sun UltraSPARC T1 & T2 chipsets under the GPL has been the S1, a single core implementation of the T1, which combined some other other GPLed hardware can be built as a RISC based system on a chip. It has massive potential as a powerful, low wattage processor that could compete with ARM and Intel in the portable device marketplace. It might be a couple of years in the future but I think it has the potential to be a competitor. It should run Solaris and BSD as well as Linux.

  4. Re:OpenMoko is not your savior. by corychristison · · Score: 4, Informative

    OpenMoko is crap. The UI is horrid and shows no signs of getting better, development has no direction and never will, the hardware is an order of magnitude crappier than iPhone's (no capacitive multitouch touchscreen, no WiFi, no 2.5G or 3G WAN).
    Wow. Apply fanboy much?
    Actually the OpenMoko (aka FIC Neo1973) has the following new additions to hardware on the upcoming Consumer Edition (aka GTA02):
    * 802.11 b/g WiFi
    * Samsung 2442 SoC
    * SMedia 3362 Graphics Accelerator
    * 2 3D Accelerometers
    * 256MB Flash
    * 1700mAh Battery
    * Faster CPU - S3C2442/400
    * LEDs illuminating the two buttons.

    Do you really need a multi-touch screen? Not really. Maybe if you want to sit there and play video games... but that's the only practical use I can see in it.
    Most people who are looking at purchasing an OpenMoko phone, are not looking for flashy high-speed bullshit. We want something we can actually use. Most of us are hackers, and that is the need this phone is trying to fill. I want a phone I can build a simple app on for simple things. I'm sorry, but the only reason the iPhone has such high-end hardware, is because it requires the resources for it's bloated software.
    Please, for the love of 'steve', quit trolling.