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

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I think the developer phones have been out for awhile, right?  The 
wifi-enabled phones are supposed to be out in a month or two.

I'm really interested in the OpenMoko phone (OpenMoko is the OS and the 
phone is really called Neo1973).  I can deal with a small screen if it has 
high resolution (e.g., a small 640x480 would be good for me).  What does 
the Neo1973 have, and what does your Blackberry have?

The iPhone has a multitouch screen.  I think the Neo1973 won't have that. 
Multitouch is very cool on a small device.  I can live without it though, 
at least for another year or two! (sorta like hi-def)  ;-)  I will want to 
see what developers can put together for the phone before I buy one.  It 
should be easy to get ssh running on it, for example, and I will want 
that, but is it available now?

Related to your comment on keyboards:  I just received a collapsing 
mini-keyboard for my Treo 600.  It's very nice.  I paid only $60 (it used 
to list for about $200).  I'm impressed with the design.  I don't have a 
lot of use for it but I will use it for email sometimes when traveling 
(where my laptop can't get wifi or where wifi costs more than I want to 
pay).  I think it will be the thing of the future for the smallest 
devices.  Now we just need a way to make screens unfold too.  And, of 
course, a way to make our batteries last longer.

I'm actually pretty excited about OpenMoko and the Neo1973 and I look 
forward to buying one!

Mike


On Fri, 9 Nov 2007, Jonathan King wrote:

> 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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