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To: JakeStraw who wrote (49)11/8/2006 12:46:39 PM
From: tech101   of 211
 
A truly open Linux phone with GPS debuts

Openmoko opens up the airwaves

By Charlie Demerjian: Tuesday 07 November 2006, 17:03

The OpenMoko is meant to be a fully mobile Linux machine that happens to look like a phone. The point is simple, where others have a Linux kernel with a locked proprietary stack on top of it, this one is open, top to bottom. You can use your own tools on it, compile your own kernel. and bang on the bare metal if you are into that sort of thing. Everything barring a few small drivers is GPL'ed.

There is no vendor lock-in, the only proprietary parts are the radio and the GPS unit, but they are fully exposed.

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