brainwagon

It seems only fair that I give a link to a new telephone product that has more of my ideals in mind: witness openmoko.com, which you can now apparently order for the first time.

It’s an entirely open Linux based phone, with some pretty nifty features. Their first model is the Neo1973. It’s specs read out as:

• 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm)
• 2.8″ VGA (480×640) TFT Screen
• Samsung s3c2410 SoC @ 266 MHz
• Global Locate AGPS chip
• Ti GPRS (2.5G not EDGE)
• Unpowered USB 1.1
• Touchscreen
• micro-sd slot
• 2.5mm audio jack
• 2 additional buttons
• 1200 mAh battery (charged over USB)
• 128 MB SDRAM
• 64 MB NAND Flash
• Bluetooth (2.0)

Here’s a little youtube video describing some of features:

If I had any guts, this would be my next phone, rather than the iPhone. I must admit, I’m kind of waiting for some units to actually get into people’s hands before I strongly consider it though. It also lacks a camera, which is very nearly a deal breaker for me, although one is supposed to be available in the next revision hardware (maybe?). Still, I’m keeping an eye on this project.

Addendum: Here’s another perspective.
[tags]iPhone,OpenMoko[/tags]