inmyplace.info » openmoko http://inmyplace.info Thoughts and writings of someone loving linux, the web and his iphone Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:06:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 First open source phone released http://inmyplace.info/2007/07/09/first-open-source-phone-released/ http://inmyplace.info/2007/07/09/first-open-source-phone-released/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:51:05 +0000 hmorandell http://inmyplace.info/2007/07/09/first-open-source-phone-released/ Openmoko announced today the launch of the first phone based on the open source environment “openmoko”. The phone has a bit of a “iphone” look, has a very appealing design and the price is quite competitive. There are 2 versions of this phone: a basic package for 300 US$, where you get the phone, a 512MB Micro SD card, a stylus, a battery and a pouch, while the advanced version, on the market for 450 US$ gives you all the things the basic version has, plus a second Micro SD card, a second battery and a lot of stuff to “mod” your phone.
The phone is GSM only, has an integrated GPS-chip, but lacks of an integrated WiFi module, which will be integrated in a future version which is planned for this autumn. The phone has a bright 640x480px display, usable with the stylus or your fingers.

Here a few pictures:
phone

screen 1

I really like the design, but for the lack of connectivity I think I will keep my Blackberry for a while and wait for the second Openmoko series which is due in late autumn, hoping that they’ll integrate WiFi and UMTS

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