I need a new phone. I don't need it to do much other than be a phone, but I'm not opposed to other cool bells and/or whistles. I'm open to ideas...anyone love their phone? Care to suggest what I should be looking at?
My next phone is going to be an OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner. It's Open Source from head to toe and is really a small computer with a phone built in, like the iPhone. The source for all the software is available and the specs for most of the hardware are published too.
Perhaps that feature doesn't mean a lot right now, but it will sometime later as people write stuff for it. My hope is an application that smoothly transitions you between using a cell tower and VOIP over a Wifi connection thereby saving tons of money on cell minutes.
Re: OpenMoko!omnifariousAugust 2 2008, 07:29:54 UTC
I know that their developer model phone wasn't the easiest thing around to use. I don't know anything about the Neo FreeRunner in that regard. Do you have references for your opinion?
I also know that the Sharp Zaurus was a fairly usable PDA that ran Linux, so I know it's possible to make a device like that that works well.
I like my Sidekick. I would avoid the Razors. Basically everyone I've ever known who had one thought it was crap. Fragile, craptacular battery, and awful signal.
HTC 8900 aka HTC TynII aka ATT Tilt has just about every imaginable feature but is also a bit buggy (lack of real GFX driver causing lag being the biggest one). For the price I don't complain too much, hopefully they'll update it with a real diver sometime.
All of the recommendations here so far are for the super-high-tech multi-use device that happens to have a phone squeezed in. If you don't plan to surf the web a lot, check and answer your email, carry on many IM simultaneous conversations, or use your phone as a gaming or office software platform, these are probably all over the bar of what you are looking for
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My next phone is going to be an OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner. It's Open Source from head to toe and is really a small computer with a phone built in, like the iPhone. The source for all the software is available and the specs for most of the hardware are published too.
Perhaps that feature doesn't mean a lot right now, but it will sometime later as people write stuff for it. My hope is an application that smoothly transitions you between using a cell tower and VOIP over a Wifi connection thereby saving tons of money on cell minutes.
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I know that their developer model phone wasn't the easiest thing around to use. I don't know anything about the Neo FreeRunner in that regard. Do you have references for your opinion?
I also know that the Sharp Zaurus was a fairly usable PDA that ran Linux, so I know it's possible to make a device like that that works well.
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That's all I know.
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