The Motorola A780 is a Linux-based smartphone. When the lid is closed, the phone appears like a traditional phone, with a keypad matrix and small display, actually a window to the larger display below the lid. When the lid is flipped open, a QVGA touch screen is revealed that can be used with fingers or a supplied stylus.
A780 with closed flip
Side view
Featuresedit
The phone is supplied with a number of applications including a POP and IMAP email client, Opera web browser, calendar and a viewer for PDF and Microsoft Office files. The calendar and address book can be synchronized with a Microsoft Exchange or SyncML server. The phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera recording still and video images. RealPlayer is included to play sound audio files and streamed audio and video. The phone has 48 megabytes of internal flash memory for storing user data and a slot for a microSD card. Both Bluetooth and USB are provided for communication with another computer. Character entry is via an on-screen QWERTY keyboard and hand writing recognition. Models including a GPS receiver are supplied with ALK Technologies' CoPilot Live navigation software with street level maps of Europe.
Technical detailsedit
The phone has three processors:
Baseband Processor (BP) is an ARM7TDMI that is used for basic GSM phone functions. The necessary digital signal processing is performed by an Onyx (566xx) DSP core. The BP runs the Nucleus operating system (produced by Mentor Graphics) from its own 32 MBit Flash memory.
Application Processor (AP) is an Intel PXA270 with an ARMv5TE ARM core. This runs Linux, the user interface Qtopia and the application programs.
Models with GPS use a Motorola MG4100 single chip GPS receiver integrated circuit.
The Linux operating system used, EZX Linux, is a modified version of MontaVista Consumer Electronics Linux 3.0
Linux enthusiastsedit
This phone is popular with Linux enthusiasts. It is able to establish a TCP/IP connection between the phone and another computer over USB or Bluetooth. One can then telnet to the phone and be presented with a bash prompt. From the prompt one can, for example, mount an NFS drive(s) on the phone. The underlying operating system, Motorola EZX is Linux based, its kernel is open source. With the source code hosted on opensource.motorola.com, it is possible to recompile and replace the kernel for this operating system. However Motorola did not publish a software development kit for native applications. Instead, they are expecting third party programs to be written in Java ME. The OpenEZX website is dedicated to providing free opensource software for this phone and others using the same OS.
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motorola, a780, second, cellular, running, linux, operating, system, openedmanufacturermotorolacompatible, networksgsm, quad, band, 1800, 1900, availability, regionq4, 2004successormotorola, a1200dimensions106, ccmass141, goperating, systemmontavista, linux, m. The Motorola A780 is the second cellular PDA running the Linux operating system Motorola A780Motorola A780 openedManufacturerMotorolaCompatible networksGSM Quad band 850 900 1800 1900 Availability by regionQ4 2004SuccessorMotorola A1200Dimensions106 x 53 x 24 mm 106 ccMass141 gOperating systemMontaVista Linux OS not MOTOMAGX CPU312 MHz processorMemory48MB RAMRemovable storageSD MMC expandable to 2 GBBatteryLi ion 780 mAhDisplay2 5 inch 240 x 320 pixels TFT with 65k colorsRear camera1 3 megapixels 1280 x 1024 pixels with full screen viewfinderConnectivityGPRS Class 10 Enhanced Mini USB BCM2035 Bluetooth 1 1 A2DP Data inputsTouch Screen with StylusIt was introduced in 2003 and sold in Europe and Asia 1 Some models include GPS and navigation software Contents 1 Design 2 Features 3 Technical details 4 Linux enthusiasts 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksDesign editThe Motorola A780 is a Linux based smartphone When the lid is closed the phone appears like a traditional phone with a keypad matrix and small display actually a window to the larger display below the lid When the lid is flipped open a QVGA touch screen is revealed that can be used with fingers or a supplied stylus nbsp A780 with closed flip nbsp Side viewFeatures editThe phone is supplied with a number of applications including a POP and IMAP email client Opera web browser calendar and a viewer for PDF and Microsoft Office files The calendar and address book can be synchronized with a Microsoft Exchange or SyncML server The phone has a 1 3 megapixel camera recording still and video images RealPlayer is included to play sound audio files and streamed audio and video The phone has 48 megabytes of internal flash memory for storing user data and a slot for a microSD card Both Bluetooth and USB are provided for communication with another computer Character entry is via an on screen QWERTY keyboard and hand writing recognition Models including a GPS receiver are supplied with ALK Technologies CoPilot Live navigation software with street level maps of Europe Technical details editThe phone has three processors Baseband Processor BP is an ARM7TDMI that is used for basic GSM phone functions The necessary digital signal processing is performed by an Onyx 566xx DSP core The BP runs the Nucleus operating system produced by Mentor Graphics from its own 32 MBit Flash memory Application Processor AP is an Intel PXA270 with an ARMv5TE ARM core This runs Linux the user interface Qtopia and the application programs Models with GPS use a Motorola MG4100 single chip GPS receiver integrated circuit The Linux operating system used EZX Linux is a modified version of MontaVista Consumer Electronics Linux 3 0Linux enthusiasts editThis phone is popular with Linux enthusiasts It is able to establish a TCP IP connection between the phone and another computer over USB or Bluetooth One can then telnet to the phone and be presented with a bash prompt From the prompt one can for example mount an NFS drive s on the phone The underlying operating system Motorola EZX is Linux based its kernel is open source With the source code hosted on opensource motorola com it is possible to recompile and replace the kernel for this operating system However Motorola did not publish a software development kit for native applications Instead they are expecting third party programs to be written in Java ME The OpenEZX website is dedicated to providing free opensource software for this phone and others using the same OS See also editMotorola List of Motorola products List of mobile phones running Linux OpenEZXReferences edit Motorola A780 on SoftpediaExternal links editA780 entry in the OpenEZX Wiki A780 Hardware details Motorola Open source Archived January 17 2018 at the Wayback Machine Makes the Linux source code and drivers available in compliance with GPL E680 E680i A780 Kernel sources on SourceForge Moto4Lin Freecode Moto4Lin file manager and seem customization editor for A780 and others Moto4Lin wiki A780 page at SourceForge net Motorolafans fansite with many applications for Motorola Linux Phones Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Motorola A780 amp oldid 1178428990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
