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LinuxDevices: Motorola Readies Music-Oriented Linux Mobile Phone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 11, 2004

“Motorola has announced several new multimedia-enabled mobile
phones supporting music and video playback, including one new
device based on embedded Linux. The Linux-based Motorola E680 could
see US distribution, making it the first of Motorola’s Linux-based
mobile phones available outside the far East.

“The E680 will include up to 1GB of SD RAM and will support
music and video content downloads via USB, Bluetooth, or GPRS
(General Packet Radio Service). GPRS supports theoretical download
speeds up to 115kbps, about one third the speed of a typical home
DSL connection…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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