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Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

First Android phone on September 17th?

First Android phone on September 17th?I don't think it will be Google vs Apple.Just think about it. How many people who buy the mobile phone really do care about the OS? I believe that more than 50% of people who bought I-Phone don't really give a **it about what...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, High Tech Computer Corp., phone, advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Mr. Martin tear down this wall

Mr. Martin tear down this wallWill you get an OpenMoko device?Dana, while I agree with your request for openness, I wonder if you'll actually get an OpenMoko device. Or will you stick to your Blackberry, iPhone, Nokia, etc.?I guess your point is that openness allows for choice. Choice...

Tags: Construction, Cellular phones, Verizon Wireless, wall, OpenMoko

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?Stylus required?Well, it certainly is a 'break-through' Linux-embedded product, but as a cell-phone user and from a practical standpoint, it's not clear to me if the device is 100% touch screen driven.If not, then I assume you'd have to resort to using the stylus.Using a...

Tags: Linux, wireless, Trolltech, OpenMoko, stylus, cell phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?

Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based...

Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, mobile, Hardware, Government, General, FOSS, Development

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Additional Resources

Five IT security pet peeves

Guest post: Anyone who cares about a field of expertise â€" really cares about it â€" must have some annoyances about things that could, even should, be better, but aren’t for what seem like the dumbest of reasons. TechRepublic's Chad Perrin shares five of his pet peeves in the realm...

Tags: Pet, IT Security, Information Technology, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Apple continues abuse of App store

Apple continues abuse of App storeYou miss the pointApple's not keeping "cr@p" out, as you say. It's actively and knowingly blocking apps that are competitive with their own. They admit as much in the notices they sent to the rejected developers. It's a clear-cut case of anti-competitive behavior. Ease of...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., App Store

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

Linux on the iPhone?

Of course, after Apple develops an elegant and perfectly understandable mobile UI, Linux hackers want to tear it down. Bring on the OpenMoko, Android or Ubuntu Mobile for the iPhone. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Marketing, David Morgenstern, Platform, PlanetBeing

Blog posts 2008-11-17

OpenMoko Flasher 1.5 (Mac)

This is a wrapper tool for MacOS X systems to flash kernel images and root file systems into OpenMoko devices. It is essentially a download manager plus a graphical wrapper around dfu-util.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Download Manager, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-11

Mozilla: Threat to Windows or boilerplate risk factor?

Mozilla: Threat to Windows or boilerplate risk factor?Mozilla killing Windows -- not likelyIt's the same story since the Netscape days, "A browser might kill Windows".Admittedly web applications have become a big deal since then but ultimately a browser is still relying on core operating system services to do its work,...

Tags: Web browsers, Games, Game players, Operating systems, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., console, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-03

Android losing it's mojo fast

Android losing it's mojo fastForcing GTalk != do no evilYou can't get more lame than that...A note on iPhone apps.Apple would do well to remove the restriction where any non Apple application must exit not stay resident when another function is used like answering an incoming call. This will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Blogging, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

Linux-based cell phone drops July 4

Linux-based cell phone drops July 4I'll be getting an iPhone insteadI've been told on these forums that I should only buy the phone that has generated the most excitement in the press, even if it is big, bulky, heavy, has lousy resolution, and uses a technically inferior OS. That is...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, phone, operating system, Apple iPhone, cell phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Linux-based cell phone drops July 4

The Openmoko Neo Freerunner, a Linux-based cell phone that "will help enable ubiquitous computing in the 21st century," will be on sale starting July 4, with shipping to begin July 7. According to company specs, the phone utilizes GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-02

A mobile Linux reporter's notebook

A great mobile Linux device starts with a set of requirements. It's not enough to say, oh we'll use Prizm or we'll build it with Qtopia, the LiMo stack, OpenMoko or Android. Those are how questions. They're about the developer. Let's...

Tags: Notebook, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Mobile Linux Reporter, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-06

Backed by Intel, Ubuntu, Google, mobile linux is poised for commercial takeoff in 2008

The momentum behind mobile Linux is accelerating because several communities -- and commercial giants -- are finally backing it. Despite earlier efforts from pioneering companies like MontaVista, Lineo and Access, the open source operating system has always taken a back seat to proprietary mobile operating systems such as Nokia-backed...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Mobile, Intel Corp., Mobile Linux, LIPS Specification, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Apple to iPhone devs: Keep on developing for Jailbroken iPhones guys!

Apple to iPhone devs: Keep on developing for Jailbroken iPhones guys!Isn't it in BetaOki...isn't the Apple Developers program in Beta?? So why is everyone so surprised and stunned when they get rejected while applying to a limited beta program?? Isn't it how a limited beta is supposed to be?? maybe...

Tags: Apple Inc., iPhone dev, Jailbroken iPhones guy, Jailbroken iPhones, dev, developer, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-03-16

QuantumSTEP DR9B658 (Mac)

QuantumSTEP is an Application and GUI framework based on GNUstep and Objective-C and extended, optimized for use in handheld devices (Sharp Zaurus, OpenMoko etc.). Therefore, it has an API that is compatible with MacOS X and Cocoa. Application software can be easily developed and cross-compiled with an SDK that...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, QuantumSTEP, Apple Mac OS, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-05

iPhone hardware wishlist

iPhone hardware wishlistIf you copy comments..The first one, real GPS not the fake one like in N95, as far as I know (I've got one), it's got real GPS, like it contains a GPS chip etc. That the implementation is somewhat strange telephone needs to be open is all together...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Apple iPhone, hardware, radio, GPS, phone, HD radio

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for now

Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for nowIronicIronic that ubuntu is "going mobile" yet they can't seem to make some basic changes to their install-screens to allow for a better installation experience of their desktop OS on devices with less than 800 x 600...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mobile, mobile, open source reality, coder, Skype Technologies S.A., open source

Discussion threads 2008-02-26

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: mobile Linux stalled by proprietary lock on industry, lack of neutral Linux platform

Linux has not made significant strides in the mobile space because the industry is still too tightly controlled by proprietary manufacturers and and too contested by Linux rivals, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth maintains. In an interview with Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin posted last night, the creator...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handset, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Software, Ubuntu, UNIX

Blog posts 2008-02-25