On the one hand, it's an ugly, poorly-designed, crufty-looking wedge of technology that might embody Linux at its time-consuming worst. On the other hand, it might be the wonderful Sharp Zaurus' GSM-enabled spiritual sequel. If there was a third hand, it could easily be seen as a bit of both — as sad as I was to part with my Z, I won't miss having to use the terminal to configure my PDA.
The "Phreedom," as the Malay makers Gupp Technologies are calling it, will be out this summer, offering VoIP calling in addition to GSM, 2.5" screen, WiFi, push email, 320 MB memory and a 312MHz PXA270 CPU. No price yet.
Linux phone features Treo-style keyboard [Linux Devices]
