Re: [LAU] OT: linux phone?

Given the recent news from the Symbian camp, we might be seeing this
in the near future.

On 28-May-08, at 3:03 PM, Ken Restivo wrote:

> I may need to buy a cellphone soon.
>
> But I'm a militant Free Software zealot so I refuse to spend any
> money on anything that isn't open and free, which is one reason why
> I've resisted cellphones for such a long time.
>
> But it seems like there are a few options now for Linux-based
> phones, so I'm looking around.
>
> Alas, OpenMoko looks the most promising, but they're out of stock,
> and, AFAICT the "phones" still can't make or receive calls yet. Oh
> well.
>
> The Google initiative seems stalled to me; and also I'm not so sure
> about the licensing.
>
> This PurpleMagic looks interesting though:
> http://www.purplelabs.com/product-purple-magic.php?PHPSESSID=9ead9cbe0bf6cd6ff34b0a42c3151e71
>
> But I haven't found a lot of technical info on it yet.
>
> Anyone messed around with these? Any pitfalls to look out for?
>
> The OpenMoko has USB so I was looking forward to maybe using it as a
> softsynth and playing shows with it. The Purple Magic doesn't have
> any such thing though.
>
> -ken
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