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  1. Re:366 MHz? by lkcl · · Score: 1 · on Creating the World's Cheapest Tablet

    Sadly nobody ever created the phone-peripheral to make this into a smartphone

    gpephone. http://gpephone.linuxtogo.org/

  2. Android and the HD2 by NuShrike · · Score: 1 · on Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers

    This explains why the HD2 running Froyo 2.2 suddenly got fully working Broadcom WiFi drivers dropped into the git tree a couple of weeks ago.

    http://git.linuxtogo.org/?p=groups/mobile-linux/kernel.git;a=commit;h=26c66976c838c956c7b003cec8fd96c7cdac4026

  3. Re:Only one question... by TheRaven64 · · Score: 1 · on Google Nexus One Hands-On, Video, and Impressions

    Have you tried GPE for PIM functionality? I don't think it is part of the standard stack on the N900, but it was ported to the 770 a few years back.

  4. Re:but...what does it DO??? by belgian_embedded_ · · Score: 2, Insightful · on OpenMoko In Stores On July 4

    OpenMoko uses OpenEmbedded for setting up the toolchain/filesystem... You can use OE to build the entire enviroment without much effort [we all know what that meens in embedded :-) ].
    OpenMoko Wiki
    OpenEmbedded

  5. iphone vs neo1973 by drfrog · · Score: 1 · on No iPhone SDK Means No iPhone Killer Apps

    here is a good comparision chart between the two
    http://www.linuxtogo.org/gowiki/OpenMoko/iPhone

    as i understand the next version of the neo will have wifi

    at least they are discussing chipset option on their dev site

    um.. really i want a handheld i can ssh into servers with

    i think the neo is going to be that device, but i will wiat for the next gen one with wifi support

  6. Bla, bla, bla by bonefry · · Score: 1 · on Mobile Carriers Cry "Less Operating Systems"

    Fortunately, you are wrong :)
    It is not GTK+ that's the platform, GTK+ is just a GUI toolkit. You should take a look at GPE and GPE Phone Edition.
    And also take a look at OPIE, a Qtopia fork.

    I don't know what white papers you are talking about, but if I were to build a phone, I wouldn't want any other kind of software on it, other than open-source that is. And that's because I would get total freedom to modify it in any way that suits my needs. And I would get a great community behind me (too bad Trolltech thought to cripple its Greenphone with that awful licensing).
    And that's especially important in a market with multiple hardware platforms, and with huge resources limitations.

    And also ... lets not forget that JavaME was also crippled by mobile carriers ... that's why I don't give a damn about what they say.

  7. Bla, bla, bla by bonefry · · Score: 1 · on Mobile Carriers Cry "Less Operating Systems"

    Fortunately, you are wrong :)
    It is not GTK+ that's the platform, GTK+ is just a GUI toolkit. You should take a look at GPE and GPE Phone Edition.
    And also take a look at OPIE, a Qtopia fork.

    I don't know what white papers you are talking about, but if I were to build a phone, I wouldn't want any other kind of software on it, other than open-source that is. And that's because I would get total freedom to modify it in any way that suits my needs. And I would get a great community behind me (too bad Trolltech thought to cripple its Greenphone with that awful licensing).
    And that's especially important in a market with multiple hardware platforms, and with huge resources limitations.

    And also ... lets not forget that JavaME was also crippled by mobile carriers ... that's why I don't give a damn about what they say.

  8. Re:vmware by ripcrd · · Score: 2, Informative · on Launch of OSS For Mobile Phones

    http://projects.linuxtogo.org/frs/?group_id=12

  9. Cheap, hackable Linux smartphone due soon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Beware the Apple iPhone iHandcuffs

    Check out FIC's Neo1973 as an open alternative to iShackles. Coming to the US in February 2007! It runs the 99.99% open source Linux OpenMoko platform based on OpenEmbedded. A good hardware comparison between the iPhone and Neo1973 is linked here.

    Following the mailing lists on the OpenMoko site, it looks like the Neo1973 is highly competitive with the iPhone. The Neo has a much better screen and a better processor. Plus it's completely open sourced except for a couple of device drivers (cellular and bluetooth?). You can write your own programs in whatever language and load them on your own phone yourself. Python, Ruby, Perl, C/C++, and so on. There's even a current effort to get J2ME working. And there will be a community site sponsored by FIC where people can share or sell applications and others can download them.

    Personally, with nearly the same hardware abilities and the ability to write your own software, I see no reason to get a locked down iPhone. Sure, the iPhone comes with 4-8gb of space, that's the big difference in hardware, but it also costs $150-$250 more on top of a 2-year contract. So it seems that difference is a wash. (A 2gb microSD costs ~$60 USD from NewEgg.)

    Say all you want about the software, if I'm going to carry around a something bigger than a Razr it better be a full blown computer. Not a crippleware 'phone.'