Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 2nd Apr 2005 20:44 UTC
Linux The future is mobile. That much we know for sure. But it seems that the operating system world in this market is being rapidly taken over by --again-- Microsoft. The new smart phones are are using WinCE, Symbian or Palm. Linux has barely 1% of this new, smartphone market.
Permalink for comment
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Unix and phones with too many functions?
by NetSlayer on Sat 2nd Apr 2005 21:48 UTC

The Unix principle is to create an application that does only one job - but it does this job the best way possible.

That doesn't fit to "phones" with 1000 functions.

Maybe I'm too conversative, but I like phones which are able to... yeah, ring somebody up. Maybe text messaging. But that's everything a phone needs IMO. If I want to take photos, I'll buy a digital camera (whose photos are much better anyway), if I want to receive mails, I go into an internet café or something (or better: I go home) and check my mails.