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Motorola will begin selling its first mobile phone based on Linux this year and says most models will follow suit, a major sign of the growing popularity of the operating system outside its stronghold on high-end computers.
RealNetworks scored a deal under which its RealOne Player streaming media software will be incorporated into Linux-based phones built by Motorola.
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