Access Linux Platform: Tux for Your Phone Part II
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| In a previous article titled "Convergent Linux Platform: Tux for
| Your Phone," we looked at how Linux is slowly gaining popularity as an
| appropriate operating system for the mobile platform. Growing support
| from a large number of top-tier companies, such as Motorola, NEC, and
| Orange, further improves the future of Linux in mobile platforms.
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| According to an industry analyst, the market for mobile Linux devices
| is expected to grow from a shipment of 3.5 million units in 2005 to
| 28.1 million by the year 2010. A lot of big players like Motorola, Palm,
| NEC, Freescale, Samsung and DoCoMo are placing a huge bet on the mobile
| Linux platform.
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LEAKED: Motorola loves Linux - E690 PDA Phone
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| It looks like Motorola is making another non-RAZR, which in itself
| is exciting news. The E690 is a PDA/phone that runs on Linux, yes, Linux.
| It has standard PDA touchscreen and writing functions, as well as some
| decent multimedia support - including every video and audio file you
| could want played through two "3D surround" speakers (where you actually
| store the media, we don't really know). The phone also supports
| Bluetooth, WPA with full Internet browsing, and Office App viewing.
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