____/ Charlie Wilkes on Thursday 16 August 2007 20:42 : \____
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:53:23 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> How Linux became a mobile phone OS
>>
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>> | Along the way, important performance milestones were realized. Boot-up
>> time | dropped to 10 seconds -- about half that of Symbian and Windows |
>> Mobile. "Dynamic power management" provided a standardized way for
>> userspace | applications to power down unused peripherals and
>> interfaces. And, Memory | Type Allocation empowered programmers to
>> dictate exactly where specific | programs would be stored, for example
>> allocating frequently accessed code on | the fastest available memory
>> device(s). `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9959043369.html
>>
> Very interesting. How long before someone comes up with a cell-phone-
> type device that can be hooked up to a monitor/keyboard/mouse and
> effectively replace the Windows PC?
>
> Charlie
That already exists, but I'm not sure about cellphone-like capabilities.
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