Group to Introduce World's First Linux UMTS/EDGE Dual-Mode Smartphone

Submitted by tuxtops on Fri, 02/11/2005 - 23:17

Infineon Technologies, Samsung Electronics, Trolltech and Emuzed today announced the world's first UMTS/EDGE smartphone reference design based on the Linux operating system. The reference platform showcases many advanced 3G and multimedia services such as UMTS/EDGE dual-mode voice calls, video calls and video streaming, high performance multimedia applications (H.264, MPEG-4, AAC+, MP3), ultra-fast Web browsing, stereo loudspeaker with 3D audio and Java-based 3D gaming. Also, PalmSource unveiled a Smartphone Reference design with Cobalt and TI Processors.