Korean firms PalmPalm Technology and M-dream recently announced that they will be incorporating a Linux video game, Puzzle Bubble, into a new Linux-based CDMA/IMT2000 cellular phone that is scheduled to begin shipments this November in Korea. The phone, which uses PalmPalm's Tynux embedded Linux as its internal operating system, is a joint development of PalmPalm Technology and the SK Telecom Central R&D… Laboratory.

To gather more background on this exciting project, which appeared to represent either the first — or one of the first — cellular phones to be based on embedded Linux, LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum interviewed Minsuk Lee, VP of Engineering of PalmPalm Technology. Lehrbaum was surprised to discover that this exciting new Embedded Linux based device is not just a cellular phone, but a combination cell phone plus PDA — complete with a 4″ TFT display and a tiny built-in video camera.

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