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Submission + - Nokia releases Linux handset (nokia.com)

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galaxy writes: "Nokia releases their first Linux mobile handset, the N900. The handset is based on the latest release of Maemo, the Nokia mobile Linux platform, and includes e.g. GSM and 3G access (with HSPA, giving datarates of up to 10Mbps downlink and 2Mbps uplink on suitable networks), WLAN, Bluetooth, camera, assisted GPS and, most importantly, a touchscreen complemented by a hardware QWERTY under a slider. The beast is powered by anARM Cortex-A8 processor at 600 MHz, has PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, 32GB internal memory etc."

Comment Re:in this case correlation is causation (Score 4, Insightful) 146

by fintux (#24058697) Attached to: The Privacy Paradox
Exactly! People here on slashdot seem to have the habit that if they see anything related to a study, they always use the "correlationisnotcausation" tag. Yes, it is good to remember that they are not synonymous things, but in a controlled environment, it quite often is the case. Otherwise, there would be no point in doing any studies about anything.
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Submission + - Nokia to acquire Trolltech

Submitted by orzetto
orzetto writes: Trolltech, the Norwegian company, makers of the Qt libraries upon which KDE is based, report on their Website that Finnish mobile-phone giant Nokia is going to acquire them. Today, at 13:00 CET (4:00am for you guys on the Pacific coast time zone), Trolltech will hold a press conference in Oslo. Trolltech have already published an open letter (pdf) to the open-source community, pledging they will continue to release Qt as GPL software; Nokia, furthermore, is going to become the sixth patron of KDE.

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