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  1. Re:There's only one obvious choice... by operator_error · · Score: 1 · on Best Handset For Freedom?

    As others have said, this would probably get everyone killed, ...but still, the NeoPwn is all open moku, with bigger balls. www.neopwn.com

  2. more options by operator_error · · Score: 1 · on Palm Pre "iTunes Hack" Detailed By DVD Jon

    This is a no-phone, data-contract-only option I am aware for the US:

    http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/cell-phone-plans-detail.aspx?tp=tb1&rateplan=T-Mobile-Total-Internet

    Then you could buy any phone you wanted to use or develop for. Having been in Europe for a long time now, I don't understand the US telco contract-phone market, but I am aware T-mobile has this 'unlimited' mobile internet for $40 a month, no phone included.

    I wrote this out, because I couldn't figure out why Nokia wasn't on your Dev-list, but then I figured maybe Nokia isn't offered with contracts in the US, (or maybe Nokia isn't your personal pref.). At any rate, I really like Nokia, because I develop VOIP systems, and Nokia supports the open SIP VOIP-standard really well in the OS, which draws little power compared to running an application like Fring. So obviously I try to steer my corporate clients to consider Nokia phones, but really only the ones on the always-updated list of supported SIP phones:

    http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/voice_over_IP/voip_support_in_nokia_devices.html

    The N79 has all the features the iPhone doesn't offer to this day, for 287 euros cash (like shooting DVD quality video, A2DP bluetooth meaning speaking-headset/music support), and even negates the need to carry a Polar heart meter when cycling with site/nav-GPS which is why I want one. Note that price includes a 19% value-added tax that businesses like me (sole-proprietership developer) do not pay.

    http://gsmtrack.nl/index.php?page=merken&action=toestellos&id=708&id2=1135

    And Nokia is attempting great things, like their Sports social-networking site, which I hope they make more dev-friendly: http://sportstracker.nokia.com/

    And as far as I am concerned, no phone short-list is complete without the Neopwn, which runs Debian, Firefox, etc., and does *much* more!

    http://www.neopwn.com/

    And for what's worth, on the deskphone side, I just bought a Polycom IP650, for its speaker-phone quality, and It Rocks(!!), and with a great GUI too.

  3. Re:Signal strength check by SpzToid · · Score: 1 · on Viability of Mobile Broadband For Home Use?

    Your HSDPA drops the connection after being solid for about a day? This sounds like my situation too, but I'm no radio engineer.

    I'm not really complaining. The only thing is: My Nokia n95 will be connected via 3 or 3.5G (the indicator changes between these) and my imap email connection will be fine, but eventually will break its (I think) TSL connection forcing me to manually reconnect to check email. Kind of a bummer, but not always.

    The SIP connection will seemingly reconnect just fine to the Asterisk PBX when/if this happens. This works great. I lease 768down/365up 3g and it does indeed rock.

    Tip: Nokia sells these $20 AA size battery-boxes on a cord, which provide 'hot-swappable' power. So configured, the cell phone provides shared internet to the laptop on the train, during commutes.

    This setup is preferable to swapping out the delicate SIM and transferring it back/forth to a USB modem connected to the laptop, just so the laptop can use the same 3g acct.

    An added perk is scale: friends traveling together can share the same wifi acct. Not to mention that in the Netherlands, up to three other passengers enjoy the same discount currently being enjoyed by the RailAktief card holder (a 40 euro annual discount card, offering 40% reduction BUT not possible before 9am, M-F)

    Once I shared my wifi with another passenger and when the coffee trolley passed by, he was so pleased with the service, he bought me coffee and a sandwich. You can see shared 3g wifi can be a potential ice-breaker in such an environment, with good karma possibilities. (and I suppose the nefarious with a neopwn could sniff passwords, so be forewarned).

    Note that even here in where coverage is dense in the city centers, and the train passes through farms and stuff, there's a few spots where no signal is possible. Still, on my regular commutes, web pages pretty much load the whole trip, but streaming internet radio fails.

  4. Cool! I'll still buy a neopwn, based on OpenMoko by SpzToid · · Score: 2, Informative · on Openmoko Phone Not Dead After All
    http://www.neopwn.com/

    Neopwn runs on an optimized FULL custom Debian operating system that boots off of a microSD card with a custom Linux kernel, with a vast support range for module drivers, allowing the network security tester the ability to perform various network penetration auditing tasks that are normally carried out on a notebook or desktop workstation.

    We offer complete hardware setups as well as a standalone customized operating system (with custom driver module and kernel support). We can also deliver custom features and support options upon request for hardware or software that isn't standard with our systems.

  5. GPL Violations by galaad2 · · Score: 1, Troll · on Neopwn, the World's First Pentesting Mobile Phone

    in between a ton of 503 http replies (slashdotting in progress) i have managed to browse all those pages (F5 FTW!) and i have NOT seen a link to download the software itself or even the source code and not even a promise of future availability.

    Since the Linux kernel is licensed under the GPL and they seem to provide a binary-only kernel for their customers (no source code that i saw) it seems we have here yet another clear cut GPL violation case.

    On their page at http://www.neopwn.com/software.php i know that the following have GPL licenses and they must also provide the source code for but they don't do it:

    Debian OS (Lenny / ARMEL) - packages are GPL mostly
    Custom Kernel - (Linux 2.6.24) - GPL definitely
    Open Source Penetration Testing Application Ports - again, mostly GPL stuff

    Also on their site at http://www.neopwn.com/store.php the cheapest option is $80... with a SD card and dvd thrown in but again no source code download available...

    so, what gives? Do they charge for source code too ?

    Admittedly, the site is still under construction and the suite has not yet been formally released, so they still have time to correct the issues.

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    just my 2 cents

  6. GPL Violations by galaad2 · · Score: 1, Troll · on Neopwn, the World's First Pentesting Mobile Phone

    in between a ton of 503 http replies (slashdotting in progress) i have managed to browse all those pages (F5 FTW!) and i have NOT seen a link to download the software itself or even the source code and not even a promise of future availability.

    Since the Linux kernel is licensed under the GPL and they seem to provide a binary-only kernel for their customers (no source code that i saw) it seems we have here yet another clear cut GPL violation case.

    On their page at http://www.neopwn.com/software.php i know that the following have GPL licenses and they must also provide the source code for but they don't do it:

    Debian OS (Lenny / ARMEL) - packages are GPL mostly
    Custom Kernel - (Linux 2.6.24) - GPL definitely
    Open Source Penetration Testing Application Ports - again, mostly GPL stuff

    Also on their site at http://www.neopwn.com/store.php the cheapest option is $80... with a SD card and dvd thrown in but again no source code download available...

    so, what gives? Do they charge for source code too ?

    Admittedly, the site is still under construction and the suite has not yet been formally released, so they still have time to correct the issues.

    ~~~~
    just my 2 cents