The Openmoko Neo Freerunner will be distributed by Koolu, a Canada-based company set on bringing these open handsets into the mainstream. What's interesting is Openmoko is generally respected for what they do. Their Linux-based handsets are innovative but there's just one problem: no one is buying them. To help remedy that, Koolu has signed on to bring the Neo Freerunner ... continued »

OpenMoko has finally made its Neo FreeRunner available to end-users after being in development for quite sometimes. The handset can be purchase for $399 from OpenMoko’s website or via distributor in EU, India, and North America. The Openmoko Neo FreeRunner utilizes  GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS and recording contacts.  Openmoko will supplement these features with periodic downloads ... continued »

Given Android's development, LiMo's continued releases (and existing broad user-base) and Nokia's takeover of Trolltech, Linux-based platforms look to be standing ground against Symbian, Windows Mobile and other mobile software.  Analysts ABI Research have today released a report suggesting that almost 20-percent of mid to high-end mobile devices will be Linux-based by 2013.  According to their research, the Linux distro's ... continued »

It's been blame, buy-outs and goodbyes this week, as the great & good (as well as the not-so-great) reshuffle in an increasingly competitive mobile market.  Microsoft's finalising of their Danger deal ended with the software giant declaring they'd make Windows Mobile "fun", words even less comfortable with each other than Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston locked in a bathysphere.  Meanwhile ... continued »

OpenMoko's FreeRunner is an open-source handset a lot of developers are very eager to get their hands on, and the company has revealed exactly how much they'll have to pay - and what they'll get - when it's finally available later on this month.  Unlike its predecessor, the Neo 1973, which was sold in basic and advanced bundles, only one version ... continued »

OpenMoko's new open-source Linux cellphone, which was promised by the end of April, has been spotted at the Bossa Conference in Brazil.  Portuguese site Zumo scored some photos of the new FreeRunner handset, which is based on the Neo1973 but includes an updated CPU (a 400MHz Samsung chipset), Bluetooth 2.0, what's claimed to be WiFi 'n', 264 MB of internal flash ... continued »

OpenMoko, the open-source Linux cellphone developer behind the FreeRunner handset and the Dash Express GPS unit, have taken the design-your-own-handset process one step beyond offering a custom software platform by making the CAD files for creating a suitable casing open-source as well.  Users can now create prototype and one-off designs either for production on a CNC machine or for full-scale manufacture. "With ... continued »

The best laid plans of mice and GPS manufacturers, eh?  Anybody who has slapped down the $599.99 for the Dash Express - an in-car unit running OpenMoko's Linux-based OS that uses a WiFi/GPRS network to update with real-time traffic information and re-routing - will have to wait a little longer for their devices than expected.  According to the official blog the ... continued »

Open-source Linux loving OpenMoko, who first intrigued cellphone tinkerers with their Neo1973 and then caught the eye of GPS fanciers thanks to supplying the OS and building the hardware for the Dash navigation unit, have announced that they'll be releasing a second version of the Neo handset at some point in March or April this year.  According to company president Sean ... continued »

Trolltech, the company behind the Qt Linux platform and creators of the Android-rivalling Greenphone, announced today an upgrade to their Qtopia mobile OS; version 4.3 now supports touchscreens, coming complete with a finger-friendly UI, virtual keyboard and SDK for OpenMoko's Neo1973, as well as Outlook synchronisation, enhanced media support and faster application start-up.  Improvements to the telephony toolkit have also ... continued »