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Slashgear: Motorola’s Sexy Linux Smartphone

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 6, 2006

“Ever since the first RAZR handset swept imperiously onto the
scene, professional Motorola fans have been clamouring for a
smartphone version. The QWERTY-blessed Q went some way to
satisfying those lusts, but the broad body needed to accommodate
all those keys meant however much EL-backlighting Motorola put in,
it wasn’t quite the same. Now the company has decided to sweep the
board again, this time eschewing keyboards altogether and instead
going the touchscreen route. The MOTOROKR E6 is a combination
music/smartphone, running Linux on its 2.4-inch QVGA screen and
making the most of a 2-megapixel digital camera for photos and
video. SD storage means up to 2GB of space…”


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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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