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Skriven 2006-11-09 16:41:06 av Ad (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 13790 av Tony Williams (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: A smartphone 4 Tony
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From: Ad <Dobbin@theStablesCloseToTheAirport.com>

Tony Williams wrote:
> Not sure if I'm the Tony you were thinking of, but this is quite
> interesting news. Here's the crucial part:
>
>> The point is simple, where others have a Linux kernel with a locked
>> proprietary stack on top of it, this one is open, top to bottom.
>
> If they really mean that the whole phone stack is open source then
> that's a big deal. In the past the phone stack was usually a magic black
> box supplied by the hardware manufacturer, certified by the relevant
> telecoms authority and Not To Be Touched.
>
> The potential for hacking (both good and bad) is huge.
>
> On the other hand:
>
>> There are only two buttons on the phone, the rest is handled by the
>> touch screen, a microSD slot, Bluetooth 2.0, and USB for connectivity
>> and charging.
>
> Nothing beats having a real keyboard, even if it is tiny.
>
More:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2986976174.html


looks well kewl...

"The Neo1973 will also ship with an "apt-get-like" software manager (pictured
at right) that makes it trivial to add, remove, and update applications
packaged in the OpenEmbedded package format, including "literally thousands of
existing open source applications from the OpenZaurus, Familiar Linux, and
Angstrom projects," according to Michael Lauer, founder of OpenEmbedded and an
early OpenMoko developer. "


"The Neo1973 will charge when connected to a PC via USB. It will also support
USB network emulation, and will be capable of routing a connected PC to the
Internet, via its GPRS data connection."


Heh heh heh & vice versa.....so plug your phone into your PC & run skype....

& wrt upgraded (non USB) storage:

"User apps can also be run from MicroSD cards, which can be found in capacities
up to 1GB, Moss-Pultz said. "[Linux navigational device maker] TomTom Go did
some really good work [on SD card support], and we're basing our work on their
patch set.""

"And, one early contributor is working to port gTune -- a guitar tuning
application -- to OpenMoKo. "If you have access to the microphone, and the
different drivers, all is open, so it's no problem to do that kind of thing,"
Moss-Pultz said.

"That's the main thing I want to push with this phone -- it's customizable in
any way you see fit."

He adds, "Mobile phones are the PCs of the 21st century, in terms of processing
power and broadband network access. It's quite a shame that today, when you buy
one, the software is already out of date.""

A) Indeed & (B) the guitar tuning app is the sort of unexpected thing I'm
talking about.....now if there's a port of Amarok...<G>

Now if only it would do Wifi.....& if only you could actually turn off the
networking part (inc GSM etc.) so you could use it on a plane & in general
preserve battery life when you don't want to be called/you're out of network
coverage anyway....

I'm

Adam

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