Linux phone to Debut upgrade at CES, Google Android looking stupid
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| OpenMoko has announced an upgrade to its Linux-powered mobile phone and plans
| to present the device at CES. That’s a slap in the face for open source
| competitor Google Android, which is still in development.In its announcement,
| OpenMoko writes “. . . at CES we will formally preview GTA02 to the public.
| We are doing this at an invitation-only media event, and not the general show
| floor.”
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http://voipstash.com/blog/2008/01/05/linux-phone-to-debut-upgrade-at-ces-google-android-looking-stupid/
Related:
Navigation device uses Linux phone platform
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| A Sunnyvale, Calif.-based start-up announced a WiFi- and GPRS/GSM-equipped
| navigation device based on a newly upgraded Linux-based mobile phone
| platform. Dash Navigation's "Dash Express" borrows both hardware and software
| components from OpenMoko's forthcoming Neo FreeRunner mobile phone, and
| boasts continual two-way Internet communications.
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http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS3503273639.html
Linux squeezes into connected devices
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| OpenMoko, the open source Linux platform designed for mobile phones, has
| found its way into a connected GPS device as well as a consumer-friendly
| mobile phone, showing what Google's Android could do if OpenMoko wasn't
| already doing it.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/04/openmoko/
OpenMoko prepping to push sales of Linux-based handset
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| OpenMoko, a Linux-based open source handset platform developer, is pushing
| the development of Linux-based smartphone with its open source handset, the
| Neo 1973, which may be available to the mass-market in the second half of
| 2008, according to company sources.
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http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20071116PD213.html
Android vs. OpenMoko: Who Will Win?
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| Last week Google announced Android, which is the newest open-source mobile
| phone platform. Google is not the only company behind Android but several
| companies make up the Open Handset Alliance.
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| [...]
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| Meanwhile, the open-source mobile platform known to many GNU/Linux users,
| OpenMoko, hasn't kicked up nearly as much mainstream media attention. Both
| OpenMoko and Android leverage the power of the Linux kernel and other
| open-source projects to provide a free software platform for mobile devices.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjE5Mg
Enlightenment Desktop UI running on the Neo1973
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| Another UI video has surfaced showing E17 enlightenment running the the
| Neo1973.
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http://mobilemoko.net/2007/enlightenment-desktop-ui-running-on-the-neo1973/
OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand
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| OpenMoko, the first Open Source cell phone, has sold out the entire planned
| production run for the device's developer preview after unexpected demand.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/6/24279
iPhone matures the "free your phone" movement
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| This is why FreeTheIPhone.org project is born, but even better, why OpenMoko
| project exists. While some are trying to free the locked down device, others
| are creating a free unlocked device from the start, and a whole software
| framework to go with it.
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http://www.mobiliberty.com/iphone_matures_free_your_phone_movement
Mr. Martin tear down this wall
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| In Madrid today Trolltech announced that its Qtopia Phone Edition for
| Linux-based mobile phones is being ported to the Neo1973 and will be offered
| to individuals under GPL 2.0.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1436
OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand
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| OpenMoko, the first Open Source cell phone, has sold out the entire planned
| production run for the device's developer preview after unexpected demand.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/6/24279
iPhone matures the "free your phone" movement
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| This is why FreeTheIPhone.org project is born, but even better, why OpenMoko
| project exists. While some are trying to free the locked down device, others
| are creating a free unlocked device from the start, and a whole software
| framework to go with it.
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http://www.mobiliberty.com/iphone_matures_free_your_phone_movement
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