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OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

The OpenMoko Neo Freerunner has been in the making since before the Jurassic period, but it looks like official word has now been released regarding the final pricing details. The Linux based cellphone will retail at $399 for a single unit and $3690 for a pack containing ten handsets. More »

4:00 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Haroon Malik
5,875 views, 13 comments

openmoko

Design and Make Your Own OpenMoko Phone

OpenMoko is taking its open philosophy a step beyond its Linux soul and has released the CAD (computer-aided design) files for the Neo1973, allowing you to design and create your own body for the phone. The catch for selfish bastards is that it's under a ShareAlike Creative Commons license, so you've gotta make w/ the show and tell if you whip up a pocket-size Second Coming. [OpenMoko]

1:27 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By matt buchanan
4,158 views, 6 comments

cellphones

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Linux Smartphone Hands-on

The Gadget: OpenMoko's just-announced Neo Freerunner, which is the mass-market version of their previous Neo 1973 phone.

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3:18 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Jason Chen
13,207 views, 20 comments

Latest by GSureda: On The Next Computing Wave I have owned several PDAs / smartphones (I suppose like most people here); but although I want more features, ease of use, etc…, what I REALY need is a phone with an OS that can be more »

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OpenMoko Launches Neo FreeRunner Open-Source Smartphone for the Masses

OpenMoko today announced the Neo FreeRunner, a mass-market version of the Neo 1973 open-source phone, and will be showing it off at CES next week. The phone will have the same "overall look and feel" as the developers' product, but it has a faster 500MHz processor, 3D graphics, and a new lineup of open-source mobile apps. It's a GSM tri-band world phone with either 850MHz or 900MHz on the low end, and it has 802.11b/g as well for hotspot action. Oh, and it will also have motion sensors for gesture-based activity. Pretty cool stuff, but as yet, there's no pricing or availability announced. Stay tuned, or jump for the press release. More »

9:22 AM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Wilson Rothman
14,149 views, 12 comments

Latest by joer14: I have heard the that they are working on a usb mini b camera that could plug in to the phone. It would be wired or part of the battery case. more »

revealed

Dash Express Runs on OpenMoko FOSS Platform, Nerds' Heads Explode

Today we learned that the seductively interactive Dash Express GPS navigator is using the OpenMoko open-source mobility platform that led to the Neo 1973 smartphone. This makes the Dash the first product based on OpenMoko's GTA0X reference design, with GPS hardware designed to order by OpenMoko and its parent company, FIC. Did we need one more reason to love this thing? Well, we got it. (There's a press release down below.) More »

10:43 AM on Wed Jan 2 2008
By Wilson Rothman
4,146 views, 9 comments

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Wired's Open Phone Round-Up Tells the Bleak Truth

Rob Beschizza, lead blogger at Wired's Gadgetlab, has a popular article up glancing at the world of open source and unlocked phones like the Neo1973 from OpenMoko and Nokia's N series tablets. It does feel good to read about the theoretical of openness of these phones, some available now but not that open, some coming soon. But the truth seems to be that none of these are as polished as Apple's (even the Moto and Nokia examples here). And even for Apple's, the programs came quite quickly from those already familiar with writing for OS X. The energy in a device's dev community, recognized or not, is not to be underestimated in the success of it. That's more important than any official thumbs up by the manufacturers. Openness in a phone counts for nothing if no one gives a shit about it. [Wired]

6:19 PM on Fri Oct 12 2007
By Brian Lam
2,061 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: Windows Mobile development is dominated by suits who write boring programs and want to charge too much for 20 lines of code. more »

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OpenMoko Developer Preview Kit Unboxing: Wow, That's a Lot of Stuff

Someone got their OpenMoko Neo Advanced developer preview phone kit in the mail, so naturally the first thing they did was throw the Christmas-in-August pictures up on the net. That "Hi, I might contain a portable nuke" case is indeed packed to the gills. But for $450, it should be. [digg]

2:45 PM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By Matt Buchanan
5,547 views, 13 comments

Latest by gtr225: Who would've thought, people not only like owning their mobile devices, they also wanna own what's inside them too. more »

hello, moko

OpenMoko.com Goes Live: Get Your Anti-iPhone Now

The official website for OpenMoko, the open source Linux-based phone dubbed the "hacker's dream," went live today. We groped an early base model back in February and had a righteously detailed breakdown of the latest details last week. Now that the site is live, you can order a developer preview phone kit from their store for the expected price of $300 for the base model or $450 for the advanced kit. Product Page [OpenMoko]

9:42 PM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By kthompson
8,778 views, 26 comments

Latest by Eugene: It doesn't matter to me which is superior, in the US GSM phones basically do not work unless your standing beside one of the few towers. Once you get in a car and drive anywhere you have no service. more »

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OpenMoko's Neo 1973 Open-Source Smartphone Ships In October at $450 to $600

With all of the hullabaloo last week surround the iPhone, we nearly missed an update on the anti-iPhone, the world's first open-sourced Linux mobile phone known as the FIC/OpenMoko Neo 1973. The phone has more internal flash memory and integrated Wi-Fi. It will be ready for customers in October, available in $450 and $600 configs (a bit higher than the $350 we quoted you in February). On July 9th, 1,000 development kits will be comin' straight outta China, with more on the way. The hardware specs have been jacked up, too. More »

6:30 PM on Thu Jul 5 2007
By Wilson Rothman
20,109 views, 19 comments

Latest by ampm78: @Tonicboy: About the price, you and most people are forgetting that the iphone costs not only 500$, but also you have to get a contract with AT&T. If it were not for this carrier contract, the phone itself would cost more »

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First Look: the Anti-iPhone, OpenMoko's Neo1973

The OpenMoko Neo1973 linux-powered smartphone first crossed our radar last november. Then the iPhone came out and made us double-take on the device's multi-touch screen, and coincidentally similar interface. Yesterday we sat down with the Neo1973, and learned more about its features, three-phase road map, pricing, and how open software collaborators will be compensated for their contributions. We also took a gallery full of pictures. Read on... More »

8:53 AM on Thu Feb 15 2007
By Noah Robischon
30,958 views, 17 comments