[PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Amit Karpe
Hi all, Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an open hardware design, and a Linux-based operating system that users are free to

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an open

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Vishal Rao
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll buy it. Would you? Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see mentioned? And it's 2.5G but I'm waiting for 3G or some sort of mobile broadband enabled phone (maybe Android based phones) or WiFi

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Chetan Kumar
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll buy it. Would you? Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see It has touchscreen. For more info go to the source

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Chetan Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Things are diffcult to judge on 3G, with Govt policy flip-flops heppening so often. I heard about a provider ready (after field-tests in Balgalore) for 3G services in May 2004 Similar stories came each year from

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an open

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Amit Karpe
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll buy it. Would you? Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see mentioned? And it's 2.5G but I'm waiting for 3G or some sort

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Nishit Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany,

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Vishal Rao
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Chetan Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll buy it. Would you? Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I