On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Need to see 
> http://www.linux-magazin.de/news/video_linux_handy_neo_freerunner_mit_openmoko

That's still the old GTK based openmoko UI, the qtopia UI looks more
like this: http://www.darwinsys.com/tmp/contacts1.png
and this: http://people.openmoko.org/ninjutsu/freerunner1.4.swf

> with sound on, but at 300 EUR it looks really good, provided I can use
> it as a GSM phone as well as my current Nokia Symbian.

But why? Nokia bought Symbian and open-sourced it
(http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/06/nokia_takes_ini.html).
So, why not develop for that?
Not sure if I have enough faith in the OM people anymore, but then I
haven't really been following it actively.

> The GPS is probably not comparable to SirfStar III, and there's no
> navigation application yet. Will wait until winter, since I'm too broke
> to buy one anyway.

But seriously, if you're not going to write code for the device, is
the only reason you want it over the {apple,google}phone is that it
claims to be 'truly open'?

Cheers,
Aditya

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