Comments on: Open Source Cellphone Project: I’m Determined! Is there interest? http://rejon.org/2006/09/open-source-cellphone-project-im-determined-is-there-interest/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: rejon.org : The Jon Phillips Portal http://rejon.org/2006/09/open-source-cellphone-project-im-determined-is-there-interest/#comment-1573 rejon.org : The Jon Phillips Portal Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:08:32 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=428#comment-1573 [...] Then, come to find out, one of my areas of major interest, Open Source Cellphones received a major boost with the announcement of the OpenMoko phone and Harold Welte’s involvment. This is great because I will be speaking at a conference in Taiwan in January, so hopefully can connect them up with Creative Commons Taiwan so we can get some properly licensed content onto these phones. [...] [...] Then, come to find out, one of my areas of major interest, Open Source Cellphones received a major boost with the announcement of the OpenMoko phone and Harold Welte’s involvment. This is great because I will be speaking at a conference in Taiwan in January, so hopefully can connect them up with Creative Commons Taiwan so we can get some properly licensed content onto these phones. [...]

]]> By: Ted Gould http://rejon.org/2006/09/open-source-cellphone-project-im-determined-is-there-interest/#comment-1383 Ted Gould Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:39:43 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=428#comment-1383 I put a link to the Qtopia site for the green phone. I think that's the best answer here today. Unfortunately, the phone is $700. I guess that's what happens when the carrier doesn't cover most of it with fees, but still, that's a lot of change. It would be cool to have Wifi in my phone though. What I'd really like is for someone to port Maemo (http://www.maemo.org - the distro they use on the Nokia 770s) to a phone. Applicaitons already written for it. Debian based. Makes life easy. I put a link to the Qtopia site for the green phone. I think that’s the best answer here today. Unfortunately, the phone is $700. I guess that’s what happens when the carrier doesn’t cover most of it with fees, but still, that’s a lot of change. It would be cool to have Wifi in my phone though.

What I’d really like is for someone to port Maemo (http://www.maemo.org - the distro they use on the Nokia 770s) to a phone. Applicaitons already written for it. Debian based. Makes life easy.

]]> By: Benji Park http://rejon.org/2006/09/open-source-cellphone-project-im-determined-is-there-interest/#comment-1381 Benji Park Tue, 26 Sep 2006 07:46:18 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=428#comment-1381 My 2 cents. The reason a project like iPod linux works is because its a fairly stable product that is the obvious market leader. Cell phones... they change all the time. Every model is different with new models from a bajillion manufacturers being released all the time. By the time a workable cell phone linux hack hit the streets the phone would be old history. I'm extreamyl interested in a cell phone that comes with linux already but my reasearce has shown that linux cell phones either arn't in the US market or are way to pricy for me. If there is a light at the end of this jon, then I'm interested. My 2 cents. The reason a project like iPod linux works is because its a fairly stable product that is the obvious market leader. Cell phones… they change all the time. Every model is different with new models from a bajillion manufacturers being released all the time. By the time a workable cell phone linux hack hit the streets the phone would be old history. I’m extreamyl interested in a cell phone that comes with linux already but my reasearce has shown that linux cell phones either arn’t in the US market or are way to pricy for me.

If there is a light at the end of this jon, then I’m interested.

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