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An Open-Source Cellphone (Tinkerers, Have a Ball) (nytimes.com)
8 points by robg on July 10, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


OpenMoko's been making phones for over a year, while Android hasn't even been vaporware for that long.

Although, the fact that the OM phones can barely just make reliable calls after all this development says something about the state of the open source mobile effort...


Trying to beat Android to the punch, eh? I wonder how long T-Mobile will keep this on the shelf after this big push:

http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-t-mobile-betting-on-androi...

Haven't seen any API yet, but add it to the list of mobile items to hack.


It's a shame OpenMoko didn't pick a slightly more recent ARM chip, or it would already be running Android:

http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/21/android-neo1973




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