[LAU] OT: linux phone?

[robert lazarski]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM, cdr <_ at whats-your.name> wrote:
> On Wed May 28, 2008 at 04:57:07PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
>> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 08:10:38PM -0300, robert lazarski wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org> wrote:
>> > > I may need to buy a cellphone soon.
>> > >
>> > <snip>
>> > > Alas, OpenMoko looks the most promising, but they're out of stock, and, AFAICT the "phones" still can't make or receive calls yet. Oh well.
>> > >
>> >
>> > The new version - Freerunner -  has begun mass production and should
>> > be released sometime in June or so. Here's a developer preview write
>> > up about it:
>> >
>> > http://monochromementality.com/index.php/blog/show/Day-One-Openmoko-Freerunner.html
>> >
>> > Hardware specs here:
>> >
>> > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_GTA02_Hardware
>> >
>>
>> Wow! That's it; I'm getting one!
>
> im not - very thick, and its FIC's first entry into a crowded field. i'll wait for the meizu m8, and various HTC stuff, and see which stuff works with qtopia or the openmoko stack
>

Minor corrections: The Freerunner is their second entry, after the NEO
1973. And QTopia runs on both the Freerunner and the NEO 1973. Its an
(mostly, save for GSM and Glamo) open, run whatever you want or can
code. That being said, competition is a good thing.

Robert