Daniel Benoy <[email protected]> writes: > I've heard that there's a special developer edition of the HTC Dream > (Marketed in the US and Europe under the name 'T-Mobie G1'), which includes > an unlocked boot loader and carrier agnostic GSM access. > > Does anyone know anything about this device and how it compares to the GTA02 > and current plans for the GTA03? I'm interested from a freedom perspective, > as well as a hardware and software perspective. Is this phone an option if > you want to support open hardware? > > Does anyone know if its bootloader is capable of booting from SD with > arbitrary kernel options and able to recover from screwing around with it > like my freerunner/u-boot? > > Are there any plans to make the FSO framework compatible with the hardware in > this device (and, by extension, make Debian and current/future openmoko > distributions compatible)? > > Are there any other freedom issues surrounding this device that I should know > about before I consider getting one?
I have a Freerunner and a G1 developer phone. I havent had time to play with the g1 too much yet but heres some quick impressions: - The Freerunner has a vastly better screen than the G1 - The Android gui is quite polished and slick, but not overly customizable IMHO. - The G1 has a nice keyboard and a little trackball which is surprisingly usable. - The G1 seems to have better charging, so less aargh factor. - 3g is very nice. The selling point for me when buying the G1 is that I read that its possible to boot debian on it, just like the Freerunner. This should mean that the machine is mostly free, even though I havent been able to research this fully yet. My current which phone would be G1 hardware with Freerunner screen, running Debian with a working FSO stack, I think. I would then use Emacs as Pim dialer etc. -- Joakim Verona _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
