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Neo900 Hacker Phone Reaches Minimum Number of Pre-Orders For Production

Posted by Unknown on from the persistence-leads-to-victory dept.

First time accepted submitter wick3t writes "The Neo900 fundraising campaign has already achieved the milestone of 200 pre-orders which means that mass production is now feasible. This follows a successful first prototype that was showcased at the OpenPhoenux-Hard-Software-Workshop 2013. Their next target is 1000 pre-orders as they aspire to reduce the production costs of each device." For those not familiar, the Neo 900 is an offshoot of the OpenMoko GTA04 designed for use in the popular Nokia N900 case (and, yes, they're fixing the weak usb port).

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  1. Re:resistive touchscreen Luddites. by dos1 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Have you actually used the N900 touchscreen? I wouldn't replace it with any capacitive crap.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66RBfrBgL2E

  2. Re:resistive touchscreen Luddites. by preflex · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One of the reasons I bought the n900 rather than one of the others was the wonderful resistive touchscreen. It was an excellent choice, as it was so much more precise than the capacitive screens on all the iOS and Android devices at the time. I could actually use the tiny UI elements in desktop apps running from a debian chroot.

  3. Re:Better, but still flooded marketplace. by Yvanhoe · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The thing is, a rooted android phone is still very far from being an open platform.

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