I’ve been following openmoko for quite a few months now and actually started getting a multiuser environment together, development version of the neo-1973 is out. However parents won’t let me order one :(. Please mum, I need it for development, qemu is just too tedious for such development.
Good news is in a few weeks I’ll hopefully have a bank account I can use to order it.
For those of you that have read this blog and got confused, see http://openmoko.org/ and http://openmoko.com/
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July 16th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
wow… the neo dosn’t have wifi! how’s that possible?
July 17th, 2007 at 8:27 am
This release doesn’t as at the time of design there weren’t any wifi chips that were open enough and low powered enough for the device, but in the october (general public) release there will be wifi.
July 17th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Why wait for a Moko? Nokia’s N800 (although not a phone) seems to be a perfect Linux PDA. WiFi, Bluetooth, Flash, Bash, GStreamer, Python, ect. Its even got a camera. But hey, I’m gonna wait for an iPhone.
July 18th, 2007 at 10:44 am
But, is it as open as open as debian? Or is it locked to one provider (Phone costs $200 but contract costs $1000), and also the iPhone is definitely locked to a particular provider,. The nokia also can’t take phone calls, other than voip.
Neither of the 2 you mentioned have GPS, or are truly open. We have some big plans for openmoko.
July 19th, 2007 at 10:59 am
The N800 uses a Debian based OS. Plus there is also a GPS kit which can be purchased for it. Either-way, It will be great to see how OpenMoko turns outs.
December 19th, 2007 at 5:43 am
Very neat handheld.