> I think what has really killed Openmoko is the inability to get hold of 3G > chips in the low quantities and licensing terms they required. Lack of > camera and 3G were the biggest source of "this is lame, i was really > interested but lacking these i'm not buying a freerunner" whinges on the > mailing list. I think now, a year or so later, and looking to the future > this looks really dated. I gather Openmoko have pretty dropped development > of phones, although this WikiReder was announced last week, and apparently > something else is in the pipeline.
I agree. I don't really care about the camera, but I moved to Japan recently. I'm not sure if the 3G itself is required, but the likely carriers (SoftBank, for example) would charge exorbitant rates per month because Apple isn't paying them off... But I really really wanted a Freerunner. I still dream of getting one and not getting a service plan..just using it as like a PDA with wifi. Any thoughts on this? There are other PDAs with wifi and such (a friend was trying to sell me an old Palm with wifi a few months ago), but I really want it to run Linux. So I got a free (crappy) used phone from a friend. But I really want SSH on my phone...grrr. Laziness for the win! ~daid
