As Berin and I have noted here before (here and here), there seems to be no shortage of competition and innovation in the mobile operating system (OS) space. We’ve got: Apple’s iPhone platform, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, Symbian, Google’s Android, BlackBerry, Palm OS (+ Palm’s new Web...

First International Computer -- which is a majority owner in Everex and the manufacturer of the first OpenMoko handset -- has delivered an intriguing little machine to us courtesy of the oh-so-revealing FCC. The FIC CW001 Mini-note will arrive on US soil packing a 10.4-inch 1,024 x 600 resolution di...

The handset itself is hardly anything new, and we had a pretty good indication that Android was heading its way, but there's still nothing like a few good 'ol fashioned blurrycam shots to make a plan really come together. From the looks of it, the handset doesn't appear to have gone under any major ...

I swear to god, if you have a real lens (as I can see in the 2nd pic), use manual focus for things like this. I guess beggars can’t be choosers, since this guy is the only one with pics of Android running on the OpenMoko hardware, but jesus! Click on for the rest of the shots — such as t...

UbuntuLife publica un breve tutorial (originario de Tugulab) que explica cómo correr OpenMoko en Linux. El proceso es bastante sencillo: 1. Descarga del código fuente: svn checkout https://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/src/host/qemu-neo1973 2. Descarga e instalación de librerías necesarias para compila...

As a testament to the recent rapid change in the lexicon, I’m going to state that I have pwned my iPhone, and just assume that readers will both know what pwned means, and how to pronounce it. I will however offer the small tip that it is not pronounced “porn”, as my 12 year old co...

from the gimp-is-just-like-photoshop dept.: “Adjusting the VolumeAs of this writing, there is no way to adjust the volume from the screen.For now, run the terminal application or log in via usb, and run the alsamixer application. The mixer is simpler than it looks. Just use the left and right arro...

Filed under: cellphones hacks A first look from Ars Technica at the newly released Neo FreeRunner phone by OpenMoko reveals some interesting information. There are three different software stacks available to use; the Neo FreeRunner will ship with the GTK-based stack, referred to as om2007.2. It off...

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds July 4 was the date, but hey, what's the harm in opening up the floodgates just a handful of hours early? Get past the lack of 3G, EDGE, camera, and a rock-solid set of tested, commercialized apps, and open-source phoning nirvana can now be yours for $399 on the pl...

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds Unless you're very, very special, you haven't yet had an opportunity to run your hands over Openmoko's latest open-source creation, the FreeRunner, which was announced several months back with the hope of a spring release. Unlike the Neo1973 before it, the FreeRunn...