OpenMoko is back... "Remember OpenMoko's first free and open source phones, the GTA-01 and GTA-02 (also called FreeRunner)? There is a new project called Phoenux. The German company Golden Delicous is building a new main board (called GTA-04) for the GTA01/02 case. The new hardware features a DM3730 (800 MHz) processor, a GTM601W UMTS (HSPA) module, and lots more."
http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-main/ Chris... On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Michael Sokolov <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> very interesting. Keep us posted on your progress. > > Well, yesterday I have received a Motorola V66 phone in like-new > condition, even though the model itself is almost 10 y old. As I've > said before, I used to use an identical phone up until May of 2009 or > so, and I'm very happy to have switched back to it. Out with the new, > in with the old! > > The cell radio interface in this V66 is exactly the same as in the > Openmoko phone: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz. 900 and 1800 MHz bands aren't > used in the USA-occupied territories, so that leaves GSM1900 as the only > usable cell interface. And I'm happy to report that my V66 is picking > up good signal and working just fine on the T-Mobile network. This is a > pure GSM phone, just like I want: no UMTS/3G, not even EDGE, just plain > old mobile voice phone service, plus SMS and GPRS. > > Armed with the knowledge that GSM1900-only phones *are* usable in my > geographic area, I'm going to order my Openmoko hardware unit soon, and > I'll take a stab at rolling my own Linux From Scratch distro for it. > > Only experience will tell whether or not the Openmoko phone will be > practically usable for me. But even if not, the ancient V66 is still a > heck of a lot better for me than any currently available phone. > > MS > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
