Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 4th Aug 2007 00:49 UTC, submitted by irbis
"Google's first mobile phone reportedly will run a Linux operating system on a Texas Instruments "Edge" chipset, and will likely ship to T-Mobile and Orange customers in the Spring of 2008. "GPhone" call minutes and text messages will apparently be funded by mobile advertising, according to reports." The report found at the popular embedded systems Linux news site LinuxDevices.
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2006-03-17
>but will that mean the usage of the network is free for the subscriber? (typos fixed ;-))
That would be great, a small monthly fee to cover the cost of the handset over a fixed term and all the free calls/web you like, let the ad spamming commence :-)
Edited 2007-08-04 02:01