Unboxing the OpenMoko phone

Posted by Chris Ball Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:28:00 GMT

What better to go with an open-source laptop than an open-source phone? ;-) The Neo1973's a great looking phone, with the sharpest screen I've seen for the form factor. Congratulations to the OpenMoko team!

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  1. Avatar Luis Villa said about 5 hours later:

    I thought those weren't ready yet? I must have one.

  2. Avatar Chris said about 5 hours later:

    Yeah, they're not quite ready yet -- just a few have gone out, and one of them got brought into the office here.

  3. Avatar Marco Cabizza said about 6 hours later:

    now that is "serious business" ! when will it be available to the "public" ? :)

  4. Avatar Christian said about 9 hours later:

    I'm so envious now.

  5. Avatar nibbler said about 10 hours later:

    Funny to see a phone alongtogether with a notebook with about the same cpu-power ;-) though i hope the UI on the openmoko will be a lot better than on the olpc.

  6. Avatar Tuomas Kuosmanen said about 11 hours later:

    Whee, nice to see our icons explore new frontiers! :-)

  7. Avatar Jens said about 11 hours later:

    That looks darn cool

  8. Avatar giz404 said about 11 hours later:

    Hmm Gnome icons ! Schweeet :)

  9. Avatar Jeff Moe said about 16 hours later:

    The rough schedule is that they will be available for developers sometime in March and to regular end users in September.

    The interface there is default matchbox, but will look quite different once all the mockups are made real.

    Being open, you can change it anyway you like... It's using openembedded.org and ipkg (think embedded apt-get).

  10. Avatar Tyler said about 17 hours later:

    Nice pic ;) Could you record a small vid of the phone in action? I'm curious to see it in movement :)

  11. Avatar Josiah said about 19 hours later:

    I'm drooling over here!

    A video of it in action is a great idea!

  12. Avatar Ooo said about 20 hours later:

    Just cant wait to lay my hands and code on this baby :-) Hope march comes in fast

  13. Avatar finferflu said 6 days later:

    Now this is cool. I must have one as soon as possible :D

  14. Avatar Felix said 6 days later:

    Wasn't the color supposed to be black? Like in this picture: http://openmoko.com/press/index.html

    Or will there be several version available? I know, wrong place to ask, but maybe you know :-)

  15. Avatar Placid said 11 days later:

    Looks awesome. Great work!

  16. Avatar Will said about 1 month later:

    what happened to the black/silver design? I liked that one better.. is that a skin or did you ditch that idea?

  17. Avatar Chris said about 1 month later:

    Will: The black/silver design is what's being used on the newer models; the first prototypes were orange.

    Personally, I prefer the orange because it goes well with the green OLPC. ;-)

    Chris.

  18. Avatar thenuxcell said about 1 month later:

    I've Been Following This Open Moko/Neo Project 'N' I See It Very Confusing For Most People...

    Which Is The Official Launch Date For The End User? [I Know There're Delays.] Anybody Knows?

    The Estimated Price On The Web Range From 350 Dolars 350 Euros.

    Is There An Official US Suggested Retail Price Established For Neo?

    I Want To Have A Neo Smartphone...

  19. Avatar lunchbox330 said 2 months later:

    Are those KDE icons? sweet.

  20. Avatar Beck Ham said 2 months later:

    why it’s always writing NULL in empty fields?

  21. Avatar Josh said 2 months later:

    Will it have a stylus touch screen (Palm Pilot) or Nav buttons. I saw this phone in POPSCI mag. Looking at this or an iPhone...

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  23. Avatar german said 9 months later:

    cool mobile phone better than the iphone

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  26. Avatar Dead Sea Cosmetics said 10 months later:

    I'm still waiting for the Google Android.

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    Great Post.

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  28. Avatar אזרחות פולנית said about 1 year later:

    Iphone my friends, thats all you need :) That open moko has a similar name to that new Israeli cellphone - http://www.modumobile.com/

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  30. Avatar Piano Movers said about 1 year later:

    Well, about 1 year later an Israeli company revealed their secret the modu which is by far a better invention that will very soon take over the cell phone industry.

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  31. Avatar Wolf said about 1 year later:

    cool pics! Was a great feeling to have an iphone in my hand.

  32. Avatar Netanya Real Estate said about 1 year later:

    The moko seems promising. However the Iphone also uses Linux freeBSD so the potential with that is also huge, plus it's much prettier :)

  33. Avatar gomalopa said about 1 year later:

    i want ONE O THIS!!!!!!!!

  34. Avatar mmo said about 1 year later:

    Open source is truly the future...nice to see the phone companies catching on and doing this.

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    what are those links at the bottom?

  36. Avatar Zahnersatz Zusatzversicherung said about 1 year later:

    i'm an iphone fan myself and I doubt anyone will introduce anything better in the next year or so.

  37. Avatar Shlomzion said about 1 year later:

    Phantastic. I like the style of this one. i'm gonna biy it now.

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