OpenMoko launched its highly anticipated FreeRunner smartphone, a Linux-based handset that's completely open in both hardware and software, and is designed to encourage third-party modification and customization. Although the FreeRunner's software platform is still incomplete, the device has attracted considerable attention from mobile software developers and Linux enthusiasts.
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OpenMoko Neo 1973 was released before Neo Freerunner.........Freerunner is available in India for 20k....I must say its kewl !!! If v know hardware hacking apart from s/w modds, v can create a phone dat suite our needs.......
Frankly the design sucks. Am still digging Android.
And aint it 2 weeks old now?
Looks good, just like any smartphone
Which distro does it run ?
The looks not good.. Though ui looks good..
the interface looks good but the design is crap
hey hey.....y is dat everyone blaming the design??!!......if u don't like the design u can change it, its an open source fone....suggest ur design in OpenMoko Neo community, or if ur a grfx designer put forward ur own mind blogging design.....u can change location of ports, add extra components,etc as u wish, there is no restriction if u know h/w modding.....
Design something tat looks like a phone..
buy one from Indian online store : *www.idasystems.net/
I would have probably bought it if it was like 12k or something! Also there is conflicting information about the processor used in the phone.
anyways better than Gphone....
^^ What is gphone ? If I am not wrong, there is not going to be any phone from google. Its just a software-platform (Android I mean)
^^ datz wat I mean dude.........Google brought Android Inc. They develop their s/w platform on phones developed buy Android, and its not a fully open source phone as OpenMoko Neo is...
Ah..I thought you were talking about phone design!
