Re: [PLUG] Neo900 (was: handheld data collection)
I have not watched any of these vids, so I can't say how apropos the contents are to your search. I do know that one of the devices is kaput (PocketChip). 5 hand held linux computers under 200 compared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXNllO79_68 Noodle Pi - Linux powered modular PDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82_bPWyrPFc On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:36 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > It was probably mentioned her before - Purism is working on their Librem 5 > smartphone. That one should be pretty open and free out of the box. > > That is perhaps the easiest and the only free user serving smartphone since > the failed Ubuntu phones. > > Check it out at https://puri.sm/ > > Maybe that is what you are looking for. > > Tomas > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Keith Lofstrom > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 08:43:23PM -0800, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > https://neo900.org/ > > > > The Neo900 sounds fascinating. At $550, I don't need > > another timesink, but if this has a good chance to evolve > > into a useful "smart" phone managed by an open source > > community, I might consider joining the crowdfunding > > effort and committing the time to learn to use the > > device when it "goes beta". > > > > I spent a couple of months fiddling with an Android, > > hoping I could jailbreak it into a device that served > > /me/ rather than serving me to Google's paying customers > > (advertisers, NSA, Palantir, etc.). It was modifying me > > faster than I was modifying it, so I'm back to a > > brickphone for now. > > > > So, I'm /not/ looking for a pseudo-Android, but a window > > into an independent global project dedicated to freedom > > and collaboration, not distraction and consumption. > > > > What are the chances that Neo900 might evolve into this? > > What are the barriers on the way? > > > > Keith > > > > -- > > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > > ___ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Neo900 (was: handheld data collection)
It was probably mentioned her before - Purism is working on their Librem 5 smartphone. That one should be pretty open and free out of the box. That is perhaps the easiest and the only free user serving smartphone since the failed Ubuntu phones. Check it out at https://puri.sm/ Maybe that is what you are looking for. Tomas On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Keith Lofstrom On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 08:43:23PM -0800, Nat Taylor wrote: > > https://neo900.org/ > > The Neo900 sounds fascinating. At $550, I don't need > another timesink, but if this has a good chance to evolve > into a useful "smart" phone managed by an open source > community, I might consider joining the crowdfunding > effort and committing the time to learn to use the > device when it "goes beta". > > I spent a couple of months fiddling with an Android, > hoping I could jailbreak it into a device that served > /me/ rather than serving me to Google's paying customers > (advertisers, NSA, Palantir, etc.). It was modifying me > faster than I was modifying it, so I'm back to a > brickphone for now. > > So, I'm /not/ looking for a pseudo-Android, but a window > into an independent global project dedicated to freedom > and collaboration, not distraction and consumption. > > What are the chances that Neo900 might evolve into this? > What are the barriers on the way? > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Neo900 (was: handheld data collection)
On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 08:43:23PM -0800, Nat Taylor wrote: > https://neo900.org/ The Neo900 sounds fascinating. At $550, I don't need another timesink, but if this has a good chance to evolve into a useful "smart" phone managed by an open source community, I might consider joining the crowdfunding effort and committing the time to learn to use the device when it "goes beta". I spent a couple of months fiddling with an Android, hoping I could jailbreak it into a device that served /me/ rather than serving me to Google's paying customers (advertisers, NSA, Palantir, etc.). It was modifying me faster than I was modifying it, so I'm back to a brickphone for now. So, I'm /not/ looking for a pseudo-Android, but a window into an independent global project dedicated to freedom and collaboration, not distraction and consumption. What are the chances that Neo900 might evolve into this? What are the barriers on the way? Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
