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Golden Delicious Now Shipping Hackable Openmoko GTA04

Posted by timothy on from the price-vs-performance dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an update to the updated Openmoko phone that's long been in the works. From the story at Linux For Devices: "German manufacturer Golden Delicious has begun shipping a hackable open source smartphone that runs a variety of Linux software, including a newly optimized Openmoko distro. The Openmoko GTA04 is available as a finished phone or as a board that slips into earlier Openmoko Neo Freerunner GTA01 and GTA02 cases, providing an 800MHz Texas Instruments DM3730 processor and a full range of sensors and wireless features." It's rather expensive for a mid-range Android phone, but far more interesting than fairly ordinary phones decked out with bling.

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  1. And you can even 3D-print your own case! by slyon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I reworked the original Openmoko CAD files, to be 3D-printable. Checkout my work here: http://blog.slyon.de/3d-printed-gta04-case/

  2. I wish it had a keyboard... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was happy enough with my N800, but the N810 and N900 spoiled me, so now my N9 sucks. If this had a keyboard, I'd have already signed up.

    Still, I wonder if it can be conjoined with one of those bluetooth strap-on keyboards for iPhones...