Wednesday, 10 January 2007
OpenMoko Offers Open-source Smart phone T
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OpenMoko, a mobile communications group within First International Computer (FIC), and it has developed an open, Linux-based software stack for mobile phones. The stack was developed in part to give smart phones an alternative to operating systems from Microsoft and Symbian... |
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OpenMoko, a mobile communications group within First International Computer (FIC), and it has developed an open, Linux-based software stack for mobile phones. The stack was developed in part to give smart phones an alternative to operating systems from Microsoft and Symbian. OpenMoko is placing all its cards on open-source developers who are tired of current smart phones.
The OpenMoko software stack will be released under the GPL. The company claims that it has written a set of core applications, including a calendar and contact list, and an application manager designed to make downloading and installing new applications easy.
The smartphone will be sporting community-developed applications for users to download. Since the applications will be unsupported, OpenMoko is planning to offer a paid service that will offer support for a smaller subset of applications that have been tested, the company said.
The company is working on a fully open-source Linux phone stack for the USD 350 FIC Neo1973, a GPS-equipped handset hardware design expected to ship this quarter. The Neo1973's hardware platform is produced in volume and marketed in China, equipped with a Windows Mobile OS. The phone is expected to become the first US model to sport a full VGA (640 x 480) display, as per a statement issued by the company.
Apart from OpenMoko, the other vendors who are involved in changing Linux-based phones from voice-focused appliances into multimedia computers, are TrollTech, Nokia, and Motorola.
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