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Let's make our own phone.lol |
Sentertainment
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Why not, take some good and cheap parts and just get a hacker to mod the SE software and we could make our own phones! 
It's kinda impractical, but it would be cool. Add a VGA Cam along with A huge screen and such, that would be cool.
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BobaFett
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Then build a cam imo.
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kr4nc
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Yeah, i wish it would be that easy... Tough with money for parts you could probably get a decent phone...
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With a phone like that it would be like Linux. Many ppl could make changes to the phone fw and it would be stable instead of buggy as a regular manufactured one.
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On 2004-08-25 21:44:36, Residentevil wrote:
With a phone like that it would be like Linux. Many ppl could make changes to the phone fw and it would be stable instead of buggy as a regular manufactured one.
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That would be sweet, a linux phone...lol 
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wrls
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Motorola has linux phones on the market but they are expensive. And I still dont know why the phone makers include cameras in the phones? Give us a phone without the damn camera (aye, my work doesn't allow a camera phone being used while i'm working). |
plasmadog
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yeah there are lots of linux pda's and stuff.
there was one made here in india, which i tested.
and believe me, it sucked big time. they really had to make it more user friendly.
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Sentertainment
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On 2004-08-28 10:36:11, wrls wrote:
Motorola has linux phones on the market but they are expensive. And I still dont know why the phone makers include cameras in the phones? Give us a phone without the damn camera (aye, my work doesn't allow a camera phone being used while i'm working).
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Same here, lol...
They don't care much though if you are on staff and don't let people that come in see it (I work at a pool)
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malakas
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Well maybe it was sucking big time but believe me the time will come when linux be a Mo 1 player in the Mobile community.It was the same with the PC version of Linux 6 years ago,hard to learn and use.But now its easier than window$.Just wait.............. |
plasmadog
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yeah,
maybe linux has a future on handhelds, but right now.. palm os is really the best.
and, i think u can get the source code to palm by paying them a royalty or something.
but its a good thing that no one's come up with an idea of a mobile phone with windows... lol
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mince-inside
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Sorry for going off thread...
Do you think Linux is here to stay? If so which flavour?
I ask as I'm a Unix man through and through I worry re Linux long term future as I'm sure alot of it's popularity is due to it's cost - free - How long can something be free for?
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Sentertainment
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Linux isn't 100% free, the mainstream final OSs cost about $100, so Linux is doign pretty well I'm guessing...especially since many servers are heading linux! (Sadly many are heading MS too...  )
I just don't know...isn't PHP linux based?
I think PHP is better than ASP (haven't seen ASP.NET though) so if PHP remains (which it will for some time) Linux will stay in business!
I've never used a linux (powered) PC though, wuts it like...from what I understand it's a more advanced (complex) OS that has similarities of the Mac OS and Windows.
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skaroger867
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Is it possable to take parts from phones and make one the way you want? If so id like to know how and get all the info. Id love to learn how to and make my own phone. |
GOwin
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It is free, 100%. Some of the pay-for distros has added enhancements on top of the core. That is what you're paying for. It's optional, and there are PLENTY of choices on distros, depending on your need/want.
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Pretty well, I agree.
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Nope. You can also put it on webservers running *nix flavors, OSX, and Windows. What is PHP?
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PHP has nothing to do with Linux. PHP can go bust (not likely at the moment) but it won't substantially affect Linux.
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All OSes are internally complex.  . Would you be referring to the interface?
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