Mobilecrunch: Motorola Prepping Linux-based RAZR Smartphone? | Linux Today

Mobilecrunch: Motorola Prepping Linux-based RAZR Smartphone?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 2006

“We got word of these presentation photos of what appears to be
Motorola’s new RAZR PDA. That’s right, a smartphone in the RAZR
form factor, because the world needs another RAZR like it needs
touchscreen voting machines. Details are sketchy at best, as all we
have are blurry, gadget rumortastic camphone photos, but they’re
good enough that we can clearly see moderately thicker RAZR with a
slightly enlarged outer display.

“We know that Moto has a Linux-based ROKR ready to go that’s
already cleared the FCC labyrinth of regulation, so it’s likely
that the RAZR in this shot will sport some Linuxy goodness…”


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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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