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Linux phone to (finally) call down under
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| This time it's for real with the second-generation Neo FreeRunner scheduled
| to go on sale on OpenMoko's online store from the second week of July,
| according to the project's founder Sean Moss-Pultz.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1162415013;fp;2;fpid;1
Openmoko to release Linux handset tomorrow
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/03/openmoko_os_hanset/
Also inportant:
Linux Vendor Completes $32 Million Acquisition of US Mobile Technology Leader
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| The browser and messaging products acquired in the deal are among the
| best-selling mobile applications in the world, having already shipped in more
| than 1.5 billion mobile phones.
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http://www.webitpr.com/release_detail.asp?ReleaseID=9212
It would be fun to port GPLed applications to your phone and modify them for
others to enjoy. There's hardly vendor lock-in, so it's revolutionary.
Recent:
OpenMoko to Commercialize Open-source Hardware Mobile Phone
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| OpenMoko (run by Openmoko Inc of Taiwan, a subsidiary of First International
| Computer Inc of Taiwan) is a developer of mobile phones using open-source
| hardware and software. OpenMoko developed OpenMoko Linux and Neo, which are
| open-source software platform and hardware for mobile phones. OpenMoko Linux
| uses Linux as its OS kernel and employs X11 and GTK as its window systems.
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http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080310/148761/
OpenMoko CC Licenses CAD Files for Neo1973
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| In doing so, OpenMoko not only allow industrial designers a peek inside the
| Neo1973 to see how it works, but also show a keen understanding of the power
| community efforts can have in creating a better end-user experience.
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http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8117
Related:
Linux goes walkabout
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| Aside from its efforts to free users from telcos, the Neo’s other features
| include an accelerometer, which will protect the data when it senses the
| handset is in free-fall (it’s the thing that car airbags use), and a
| touch-screen interface.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080304.WBcyberia20080304133308/WBStory/WBcyberia
As Early Android Domino, OpenMoko Brings Open Source to Industrial Design
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| When people think open source, they usually think of software. Linux-based
| operating systems such as Ubuntu (for PCs) and Android (for mobile phones)
| give code tinkerers free license (literally) to create and collaborate on new
| software projects that are usually released for free and benefit the entire
| community of users. OpenMoko, the Taiwanese manufacturer of the
| as-yet-unreleased, Linux-based touchscreen Neo 1973 cellphone (it’s expected
| to come to market mid-April for around $399), released its source code in
| February of 2007, allowing anyone in the community to add to the OS.
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4253095.html
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