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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

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

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

Blog posts 2008-02-25

First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, Nokia

First batch of LiMo mobile Linux devices readied for battle against Microsoft, NokiaCoffin is becoming too small for so many nails...HastalaVista, babyPFdon't forget OpenMoko and the Neo1973 / FreeRunnerThis article doesn't talk about how OpenMoko.org has been working on a mobile Linux-based communications platform for over a year now and...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., coffin, Mobile Linux, OpenMoko.org, LiMo mobile Linux, Neo1973, LiMo Foundation, Linux, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of Android

iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of AndroidAn Apache Web Server in the palm of your handIf anyone thinks Google/Android doesn't have competition, think again ([url=http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1185531]Nokia to acquire Trolltech[/url]).Google or any other bidder can own open spectrum Block C if they can pony up the quid, but if not, it reverts to...

Tags: Web servers, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95, PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

Mobile phones were not a big part of CES 2008

I spend a lot of time writing about mobile phones on this blog and was hoping to see something new, unique, or amazing at CES in this area. Unfortunately, CES 2008 was not the year of the mobile phone with nothing major announced IMHO. Back at CES 2006, Windows Mobile...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Phone, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Open Source Cars and More

The Consumer Electronics Show CES might be in full throws this week, but some of the coolest devices may be found off the Net -- blueprints and all. A burgeoning trend in open source hardware is putting up somedevices on the Web -- from machines that make anything (including...

Tags: Web, Goal, Video, Hardware, Chip, Open Source, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-01-06

Leopard and Vista - More alike than you might think

Leopard and Vista - More alike than you might thinkGood question"What are baked in vulnerabilities ?? Sounds likesomeone was cooking during the coding of the OS's"Good question - what in the world is a "baked in vulnerability"??Exactly!"I think the Linux model of lots of incremental releases rather than the Big...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Consumer electronics, Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, operating system, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?

Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?OSS rules the handset marketThat's the dawning of a new era in software that will spell trouble for proprietary OSes.I Go With the Least Expensive-Not GlitsiestI did not buy an iPhone because I refuse to pay $60 a month for cell phone....

Tags: DVD, Wi-Fi, Consumer electronics, OSS, Google Inc., Open Handset Alliance, carrier, Blueray, phone

Discussion threads 2007-11-05

gPhone may force Apple to open iPhone

BusinessWeek ran an article yesterday speculating that Apple will open the iPhone to native applications by releasing a software development kit SDK in early 2008: Sources familiar with the company's plans tell BusinessWeek.com that Apple will release a software-development kit for the iPhone in early 2008, enabling programmers to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel X86, Apple Inc., Operating System Importance, Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Programming Languages, UNIX, Operating Systems, Java, Open Source, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Google looks like mobile Linux break-out

Like Patton cutting across France, Google looks set to give mobile Linux its worldwide breakout with its GPhone announcement, now expected on November 5. After parsing through all the stories and speculation, it seems Google will announce a mobile Linux reference platform, an initial manufacturer, and an...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Mobile, Business Model, Mobile Linux, Carrier, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-12