Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Vishal Rao
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Chetan Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'll buy it. Would you? >> >> Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or f

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Amit Karpe
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >>Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source >> Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germa

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >>Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source >> Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germ

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Amit Karpe
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'll buy it. Would you? > > Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see > mentioned? And it's 2.5G but I'm waiting for 3G or s

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, >Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source > Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, > France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an > op

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Chetan Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Things are diffcult to judge on 3G, with Govt policy flip-flops > heppening so often. I heard about a provider "ready" (after > field-tests in Balgalore) for 3G services in May 2004 Similar > stories came each year f

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Chetan Kumar
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'll buy it. Would you? > > Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see It has touchscreen. For more info go to the source (o

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Vishal Rao
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll buy it. Would you? Does it have a touchscreen (stylus and/or finger) which I didnt see mentioned? And it's 2.5G but I'm waiting for 3G or some sort of "mobile broadband" enabled phone (maybe Android based phones) or Wi

Re: [PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Nishit Dave
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Amit Karpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, >Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source > Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, > France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an > op

[PLUG] Open source phone goes mass-market

2008-06-26 Thread Amit Karpe
Hi all, Openmoko has begun shipping its Linux-based, open source Neo Freerunner phone to five newly announced distributors, in Germany, France, and India, says the company. The Neo Freerunner features an open hardware design, and a Linux-based operating system that users are free to mod