Sophia Systems's Sandgate 3-P runs Linux

by Conrad Quilty-Harper, posted Sep 23rd 2007 at 11:24PM

Sophia Systems, a Japanese company, has developed the Sandgate 3-P, a reference design for an IP phone that can run Windows CE, Windows Mobile 6, and Linux. The 3-P isn't a final device for marketing to the consumer: instead, it's designed to give manufacturers a reference for building similar devices. Obviously, the first place the manufacturers will start is the external design -- this thing's ugly -- but inside, the 3-P is a relatively high spec device. It features a 624MHz CPU, a 2.2-inch QVGA display, and 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, and W-SIM technology which integrates an antenna into the thumbnail sized card. Part of the package are a variety of tools designed to help manufacturers out, including install options for the three different OSes: something we kinda wish wasn't limited to back-end phone designers.

Filed under: Cellphones

Tags: Linux, Sophia Systems, SophiaSystems, Windows CE, Windows Mobile 6, WindowsCe, WindowsMobile6, WM6

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DickHardknocks @ Sep 23rd 2007 11:38PM

another Iphone ripoff...

no wait, LG Prada

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Mindfield @ Sep 24th 2007 12:10AM

Um ... ? How is that a ripoff of anything? It's a reference design. It's up to the OEMs to design the final phone and pick the OS it will run, along with whatever other features they want to build into it. I have to agree though that it would be very cool for the end user to be able to choose the OS the phone runs. It's a bit impractical, but cool nonetheless.

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