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First North American OpenMoko/FreeRunners Arrive

Posted by timothy on from the reminds-one-of-sony-mylo dept.

holdenkarau writes "The North American OpenMoko FreeRunners are starting to arrive. It would appear that the OpenMoko still has problems with some 3G networks, including AT&T. Although, in my own personal completely unscientific test, 2 out of 3 AT&T SIM cards worked. Check out the unboxing of a complete FreeRunner (along with debug board) and my experience getting the FreeRunner up and running. Or a direct link to the pictures for those of you bored with text. If you feel brave enough to take the plunge, you can buy your own FreeRunner from the OpenMoko store."

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  1. Lowered bars by Goaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    Although, in my own personal completely unscientific test, 2 out 3 AT&T SIM cards worked.

    Sounds like Open Source to me!

    1. Re:Lowered bars by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 2, Funny

      And if you hack the radio, you'll get more bars. You'll also get a mugshot too.

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  2. Re:Pictures by jpellino · · Score: 2, Funny

    i suspect there is an actual macro button on that camera - it looks like a small flower.

    and tilt the unit slightly and you'll stop taking pictures of yourself taking pictures.

    unless of course you're the guy in the ebay tea kettle pic...

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  3. Re:WHAT??? no Ninja backflips????!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That ability is currently pending inclusion into the next firmware update. Please be patient.

  4. Re:I was about to order one by mhall119 · · Score: 5, Funny

    is there anything Emacs can't do?

    It's missing a good text editor.

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  5. touch the glass to be sure... by azzuth · · Score: 2, Funny

    In soviet russia, mirror takes pictures of you!

  6. Re:I was about to order one by mikiN · · Score: 5, Funny

    Passer-by: "What kind of voodoo ritual is that guy over there doing to his phone? It looks as if he's trying to pierce it with multiple little sticks all at once while at the same time poking it with his nose."
    Geek: "That's no voodoo, he's running Emacs on his Openmoko. Those sticks are styluses. Look, he just did a double-bucky! Without dropping his phone! Cool!"

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  7. Re:I was about to order one by mustafap · · Score: 4, Funny

    >my next phone will almost certainly be an HTC Kaiser/TyTN II.

    I'm so out of touch. I thought that was a pop group.

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  8. Re:and I'd want to buy it why? by mrchaotica · · Score: 2, Funny

    I figure it needs some good games, like Nethack.

    Wow, you mean it doesn't already have Nethack? I would have figured that would be a higher priority than the phone dialer!

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