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Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: zmiq2 on May 09, 2006, 11:35:11 am
At http://www.imcosys.com/html/smartphone.html (http://www.imcosys.com/html/smartphone.html) it looks like a new linux smartphone, available in EU !

Does anyone know what does it run ? Qtopia or what ?
Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: handheld-linux on May 10, 2006, 04:43:23 am
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At http://www.imcosys.com/html/smartphone.html (http://www.imcosys.com/html/smartphone.html) it looks like a new linux smartphone, available in EU !

Does anyone know what does it run ? Qtopia or what ?
They somewhere said that it is a proprietary (non GPL) embedded Linux. I.e. not open and neither Qt nor GPE. So, it is something to experiment with...

The device includes QVGA touchscreen, quadband GPRS, GPS, SD-Slot, Bluetooth and WLAN. Uses TI OMAP 200MHz. Available End of June. Their recommended price is approx. 349 EUR.

If there is enough demand and interest, we could consider to add it to our Handheld-Linux shop. What do you think?

Nikolaus

PS: here is a German language thread discussing the device: http://www.telko-forum.de/viewthread-98-10-last.html (http://www.telko-forum.de/viewthread-98-10-last.html)
Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: Mickeyl on May 10, 2006, 06:40:15 am
Granted, it's relatively cheap considering the hardware. However from a developers point of view, without any released kernel sources it will be like porting Linux to any other device, which means it'll take years. That makes it pretty uninteresting for me. For a user, this phone may be just cool, but don't expect it'll be possible to run your own applications.

Given that the openezx project (Open Linux for the Motorola phones) seems to make great progress, I'm considering buying a A780 and adding support for that into OE.
Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: speculatrix on May 13, 2006, 05:01:40 pm
it does sound like an interesting device... but I agree 100% with Mickey, they've got to make it as open as possible, so as to make it trivial to roll your own kernels and provide documentation for *all* the hardware, not just a few binary modules that only work with their special kernel.

if they did one with VGA or even just the Palm 320x480 display it'd be a zaurus and HTCUniversal killer!
Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: zmiq2 on May 14, 2006, 04:33:30 am
uhm.... yeah.... not being open source is a real no-go for me too.  what a pity ....
Title: New Linux Smatphone: Imcosys
Post by: Cresho on July 13, 2006, 04:42:27 am
you guys must be kidding???>>!!!!

Look at cingular and verizon ripping people offf for ringtones and backgroundimages!  They wont make it open at all.