Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Linux phone mechanicals published
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Mobile phone design company Openmoko has posted industrial design source CAD
>| files for its Linux-based, open source Neo 1973 phone (pictured at left).
>| Openmoko has also committed to providing open source access to the
>| mechanicals for its upcoming Neo Freerunner phone design.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2435596283.html
>
This could be a very very positive step... we might be on the verge of
having a reference phone design!
>
> Related:
>
> The Enlightened future of OpenMoko Linux mobile phones
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| I met lead Enlightenment developer Carsten Haitzler in the exhibition hall at
>| the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) this past weekend. Carsten told me
>| about prospects for the future of Enlightenment and shared with me some
>| details about his work at OpenMoko, a division of FIC which is developing
>| Linux-based open-source mobile phone handsets. He sees a big future for Linux
>| in the mobile and embedded space and notes that Enlightenment, with its small
>| memory footprint, is ideal for deployment on such devices.
> `----
>
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080211-the-enlightened-future-of-openmoko-linux-mobile-phones.html
>
>
> Enlightenment Desktop UI running on the Neo1973
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Another UI video has surfaced showing E17 enlightenment running the the
>| Neo1973.
> `----
>
> http://mobilemoko.net/2007/enlightenment-desktop-ui-running-on-the-neo1973/
>
>
> OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| OpenMoko, the first Open Source cell phone, has sold out the entire planned
>| production run for the device's developer preview after unexpected demand.
> `----
>
> http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/6/24279
>
>
> iPhone matures the "free your phone" movement
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.mobiliberty.com/iphone_matures_free_your_phone_movement
>
>
> OpenMoko prepping to push sales of Linux-based handset
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20071116PD213.html
>
>
> Android vs. OpenMoko: Who Will Win?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjE5Mg
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