[TriLUG] FOSS/Linux phones

[Brian Phelps]

On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 22:44 -0400, Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
> There are a few commercial Linux embedded phones, such as the RAZR V8, but I
> can't seem to find any truly open smartphones.  I kinda want a smart phone
> and I hate to support Apple, but I think supporting Darwin is probably
> better than getting a Blackberry.  I know there is the OpenMoko project and
> there are some other projects/devices that do handhelds that aren't phones.
I thought Openmoko is a phone, though I'd want a real typewriter-like
keypad, not simply a touchscreen keyboard.

> I want a phone!  An iPod Touch isn't going to cut it.  So, I'm partially
> asking if there is anything out there I could get.  Cost is not that big of
> a concern, but obviously the smaller the better.  I'm interested in Google's
> Android (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Android) but I'm not sure if I
> should wait or not.  Thoughts?  Thanks!
If its non tivo'd linux based, that'd be a great platform.  It sounds
like a java platform though for now.  

> 
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> Douglas A. Whitfield
> 
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