Seems like an awesome initiative but jeez... a thousand dollars. Don't get me wrong, I believe is a right price for a handmade piece of engineering like that.
It's incredible what economies of scale can do in technology. Nowadays you yet decent android phones for $60-70... how it went down that much. grarpamp: > "Open"... being relative, yet interesting... > > > https://neo900.org/ > > Are you tired of all those closed mobile platforms? Do you want to > truly own a device that has the ability to do whatever you want, just > like your PC? > > The Neo900 project aims to provide a Fremantle (Maemo™ 5) compatible > successor to the N900, with a faster CPU, more RAM and an LTE modem. > This is all based on a free, mature and stable platform - the GTA04. > > We'll provide complete, ready-to-use devices, as well as motherboard > replacements for your current devices. > > Most importantly, the Neo900 is an open platform, carrying on in the > tradition of the Openmoko project. Neo900 will support all operating > systems available for GTA04 (QtMoko, SHR, Debian, Replicant, ...) and > should serve as a great platform for porting systems like Maemo, > Ubuntu or Firefox OS - or even for writing your own one! > > We bring the hardware, you choose the operating system. > -- http://tornews3zbdhuan5.onion
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