386 Based Linux Powered Telephone

nizo writes "A touchphone that sits on your desk running Linux! Has a builtin touchscreen for dialing a number, makeing notes, etc. Wonder if these are for sale in the U.S. ? " The website isn't english, but it looks pretty cool. Very nice design. Features an 8 inch touchscreen, and does email and faxing just for good measure. Runs what is described as a stripped down Red Hat 4.2 (there does seem to be some issue about them releasing the code as required by the GPL, but I'm sure they'll make good on their obligation in that dept should they ship the product). Good to see Linux running small appliance devices like this. I'm sure we'll see a lot more in the coming months.

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Translation...?

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"Scopri il nuovo !windows ce!" (on the front page) means, approximately, "you discover the new one !windows ce!" (according to babelfish). Whatever the heck that means. Maybe "Up yours, CE!".

The Profilo Tecnico says this:
Cpu 486 " Intel " Ram Memory: 8 Mb Simm Hard Disk: 1.2 GB -- parallel for external connections 10.4" LCD DISPLAY, monochromatic, backlit VGA 640 x 480 Low emission
Hard Disk: 1.2 GB
9.4" TOUCH SCREEN High precision and fast Activation -- touch with finger or pen
MODEM/FAX 32 V. bis - 14.400 bps Group 3 fax reception and transmission: Protocol T.30 supported In agreement with standards V.33, V.17, V.29, V.27 ter and V.21 channel 2
Power loudspeaker: 200 mW microphone sensitivity: 44 dB

One of the press reviews (in italian as well) says this:

Those that seems sure is that of these terminals beyond to the main functions, of all similar to the classic " Sirio " those that it hits is the operating system, rigidly " Windows style " if not quite Windows tout cour in Paradoxical and meaningful dwarf-version CE. the distance of the small novarese society Sources that evoluto a more rather based product on simple an operating system has introduced the past year and robusto developed in house on Linux platform. All the functions of a traditional telephone under the screen to sfioramento of this Touchphone terminal, more electronic mail, rubrica, email. Too much little for the smaliziata user the only one would be said, that produced of the sort they can stimulate: the society is last this year to Windows CE implementing also Internet navigation. " we have made a great job in order to conserve extremely simple the graphical interface with which the terminal is NATO, and to render invisibile Windows CE "

... which doesn't clear it up a whole lot for me. Does Linux really "render invisible" the "dwarf-version CE" on this thing, or what?