On Thursday 17 August 2006 03:03, Jens M Andreasen wrote: > I stumbled on this one today:
Just saw this post, have been on holiday and not really paying attention to emails much. > > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030785497.html > > - Trolltech, best known for development tools and Linux application > stacks for phones and other mobile devices, will ship an "open" > Linux-based phone in September. The "Greenphone" features a > user-modifiable Linux OS, and is meant to jumpstart a third-party native > application ecosystem for Linux-based mobile phones. > [...] > > > So far I've figured out that it's an Xscale of the kind with mmx, which > suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there > somewhere :-) of course. > > I have no idea what kind of price point they are considering, but I have > notifyed my significant other that this is the *ultimate* christmas > present for a u**x geek ... It is part of a Qtopia Development Kit, and is not targeted at consumers and is in limited supply, so don't expect a normal consumer mass market price point. It will be affordable, but not cheap. > > I suppose one will have to "play" it by wawing ones hand in front of the > camera? The hardware support is in various states of working, but we will provide updates as it improves. -- Lorn 'ljp' Potter Trolltech Qtopia Community Manager Opie Core Developer http://qtopia.net
