In an effort to bring more slide out QWERTY keyboard handsets to US users HTC has finally unveiled the HTC S743. Unlike the HTC Touch Pro this smartphone offers the QWERTY keyboard and also alphanumeric keypad for fast dialing. The HTC S743 has a large 2.4-inch QVGA screen and supports the high-speed HSDPA (850/1900 MHz) network for blacking fast Internet ... continued »

OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner, a handset for developers and mobile device hackers, is now running with Android OS. My colleague Ewdison Then of SlashGear wrote: continued »

The deal between Nokia and Symbian finally closed and now Symbian Foundation is officially in charge of Symbian development. Currently there are ten participants in the Symbian Foundation with memberships open to anyone with $1,500. Just the other day at Nokia World 2008, Matti Vänskä told everyone that Symbian Foundation plans to release Symbian as a fully open source operating system ... continued »

Openmoko, the proliferators of open-source mobile phone products, announced yesterday that they will be releasing the schematics to their Neo 1973 and Neo FreeRunner devices so developers can take their design and run with it.  Prior to this announcement, Creative Commons licensed CAD files were available so designers could change how the phone looked for different markets. But with the schematics ... continued »

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 »