There is a cheap Android smartphone on the market ------- Processor: Samsung S3C2448 400Mhz ·Operating system: Google Android ·Network: GSM900/DCS1800 or GSM850/DCS1900, GPRS Class 10 ·Display: 2.8” TFT-LCD with QVGA (320x240) flat touch-sensitive screen ·Camera: 2.0-mega-piexel CMOS ·Memory: 128MB(ROM), 128MB(RAM), 1GB microSD? memory card(up to 8GB) ·Connectivity: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g ------- http://www.jiongtang.com/shop/sciphone-n19-android-400mhz-cpu-2mp-camera-wifi-bluetooth-p-101.html
at least it is told to be readily usable phone and it costs much less than $500 that FreeRunner would cost in Russia :-) unbranded it seems to be Beyond-Radio.com one http://www.clonedinchina.com/2009/07/chinas-first-android-phone-comes-out-from-beyond-radio-tech.html the problem is that chinese cheap goods comes with no after-sale support, no updates, etc so if unofficial self-contained firmware project can be made - the phone definetly is interesting to buy If not, if "take what we made and bear with it" - then it is not insteresting thing, though it's a pity Alas, SciPhones sales manager knows nothign about software and developers (or at least are ordered to tell so) Alas, Beyond-Radio e-mail is dead And here comes the surprise - http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-579098.html Some code is taken/derives from neo1973 What might it seems ? * the person, who ported Android onto that phone was one of Moko hackers and put his experience with Moko code inside ? Maybe you know him ? * that is common case of code exchanges between Android and Moko and means nothing ? * that phone just has [mostly] the same hardware as Neo1973 ? I wonder if you know any clues to unbox the firmware (currently some bootloaders told to work, some not, so at least there are sailing the phone with two different versions of firmware) and easier make custom android upgrades (bootlloader, drivers, upgrade/recovery methods). I wonder if that phone may potentialyl be some fun for you to port OpenMoko to :-) Sorry, for those, to whome this post would be just spam :-( -- Написано в почтовом клиенте браузера Opera: http://www.opera.com/mail/ _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community