[MLUG - DISCUSSION] I saw an OpenMoko phone today...

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

No, they haven't released it yet, but I saw an advance unit. (This
happens when you find yourself hanging around your better connected
geeks, I guess.) This is really pretty impressive, and the screen is
very nice. It is not, however an iphone, and the on-screen keyboard is
really much too small to make anybody forget their BlackBerry. I
suspect an external keyboard will be everybody's first accessory for
this unit, although the platform is open, so later units may be able
to do better.

It was a hoot to watch it boot into Linux, with all of the usual
kernel messages flying by. The software was Beta, but looked solid
enough in the two minutes I saw it. I think the really winning version
of this will have a screen that is both at least 20% wider and longer
than the current model.

But the important thing, I guess, is that this can no longer be
considered a vapor project.

jking

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