Article: Portrait of a Linux smartphone
Aug 24, 2004 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — 2 viewsWhat does a Linux smartphone look like? While Windows Mobile Smartphones all tend to look alike, Linux gives developers the freedom to innovate — or imitate — as desired. E28's e2800+ (pictured here) has garnered awards for both innovation and ease-of-use.
The following screenshots from the E2800+'s extensive English-language user manual show a real, live, shipping Linux smartphone in action.
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The E28 e2800+ features a hardware buttons for camera and music control, as well as mouse-like buttons along the right side, including up, down, and okay buttons.
The idle screen shows signal strength, battery level, messages waiting, and other status indicators
The main menu screen shows large icons, including one that can link to the service provider's portal
The dialpad screen includes easy access to call logs, contacts, and photo dial
The contact manager supports categories and messaging clients support group addressing
The phone screen menu provides several dialing options, while the contact manager can display international names in a single merged list
Incoming calls are identified, whether a call is already established or not. Multiple calls can be taken separately, or conferenced
The call and network setup screens offer advanced options such as call diverting and number hiding
The message menu and email screen
A combined MMS/SMS message client supports group sends through the contact manager
The organizer includes a variety of standard PIMS functions, as well as a Chinese/English dictionary
The phone includes a voice recorder, and a memo writer that supports both text and drawing modes
The e2800+ includes basic and scientific calculators
The world clock and unit converter, which includes international currency conversion support
The music player can be activated by a hardware button, and includes a playlist that lists song title and duration
The e2800+ includes music composition software with voices that include piano, xylophone, saxophone, clarinet, and violin, among others
The Gallery includes access to the SD card, where longer videos can be stored
With a 512MB SD card, the e2800+ can capture and play back up to 10 hours of video. It also includes an image editor
The e2800+ includes both WAP and HTML browsers
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