First Linux Phone Arrives in US

Mik3D writes "Looks like a Linux based phone has finally arrived in the US. It's called Identity and it features an interesting skin technology that allows users to purchase a faceplate with embedded ring tones, gui, etc... The phone is being offered by Dobson Cellular, an also-ran cell phone company that services those of us up here in the frozen north."

what's the cpu for?

[gl4ss]

and wheres the review?

really, what's the speed for and do you get any access to the "linux" underneath so that it running linux matters at all?

kinda funky looking though, looks a bit too much of 'deliberately different' for my tastes.
(and other phonemakers have had changeable covers for years and years.. and the cover having some identification/content hardly matters)

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"We chose Linux for a number of reasons", explains Wildseed VP of Engineering Peter Zatloukal. "We are building a user interface that is leagues beyond what exists on current wireless phones, and Linux provides us with a rich environment with which to render our ideas."
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so unless you're an embedded developer and might re-use the code for your own product you're hardly having advantage of it running linux(as a customer)? doesn't really look like you could load your own native programs on it..

Re:The Wildseed Identity runs Linux 2.4.5

[Ianoo]

Because it takes considerable time to develop an embedded system, writing drivers for custom hardware and software to run on top to connect up all the bits. Typically things like the kernel version would be set in stone at the begining of the project, and not upgraded for fear of causing problems or moving deadlines. It's much easier to develop for a stationary rather than a moving target.