A version of Speakup... for your cell phone?

[Luke Davis]

Read the comments in the thread referenced in the quote
(http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/04/0142257&from=rss).

That can give you a pretty good idea if true: the PDA style cellular 
equipment is all using GSM, or at least is not using CDMA.
Why develop speech software for a phone that can do little more than be a 
phone?
Now, you and I might have a retort to that, but I suspect that this very 
well might be the industry mindset.

Luke

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, ace wrote:

> Not to get off on a cellphone rant or anything but, first, this won't be 
> the first Linux phone.  I know for sure that the Owasys 22C runs Linux. 
>   Secondly, just to voice an opinion: Why isn't anyone developing 
> accessible CDMA phones?  Where I live, the GSM signal sucks and I am 
> only able to use Verizon with great signal.
> 
> James Homuth wrote:
> > Could happen, if you've got about $600, presumeably US, to spare. 
> > Apparently, the first Linux cell phone will be available in the first 
> > few months of 2007, released by D-Link. It'll be a GSM capable phone, 
> > with all the features you'd expect, and will hopefully work with your 
> > current GSM provider. Information from article at 
> > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/04/0142257&from=rss
> > 
> > James
> > 
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