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OpenMoko Schedule Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the preflight-check-lists dept.

levell writes "The schedule for the OpenMoko, an open source, Linux-based Neo1973 smart phone was posted to the community mailing list by Sean Moss-Pultz this morning. On Feb 11, free phones will be sent to key community developers and the community websites/wiki/bug tracker will be available. Then on March 11 (the official developer launch) we'll be able to buy an OpenMoko for $350. After allowing some time for innovative, slick software to be created there will be a mass market launch at which point Sean hopes that 'your mom and dad will want one too.'"

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  1. My main question is ... by jc42 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If I bought one of these things, how would I persuade a US cell-phone company to let me use it? This has sorta been a major barrier in the past. Our cell-phone companies here generally only permit their own locked-down phones, and do everything they can to prevent software developers like me from adding our own stuff to the phone. If I had a guarantee that I could actually use the thing as a cell phone (voice + data), I'd jump into the development right away. But I don't see any clues so far as to how I'd go about making sure that it would actually be usable where I live.

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