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Given the recent news from the Symbian camp, we might be seeing this

in the near future.
On 28-May-08, at 3:03 PM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> I may need to buy a cellphone soon.

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>

> But I'm a militant Free Software zealot so I refuse to spend any

> money on anything that isn't open and free, which is one reason why

> I've resisted cellphones for such a long time.

>

> But it seems like there are a few options now for Linux-based

> phones, so I'm looking around.

>

> Alas, OpenMoko looks the most promising, but they're out of stock,

> and, AFAICT the "phones" still can't make or receive calls yet. Oh

> well.

>

> The Google initiative seems stalled to me; and also I'm not so sure

> about the licensing.

>

> This PurpleMagic looks interesting though:

> http://www.purplelabs.com/product-purple-magic.php?PHPSESSID=9ead9cbe0bf...

>

> But I haven't found a lot of technical info on it yet.

>

> Anyone messed around with these? Any pitfalls to look out for?

>

> The OpenMoko has USB so I was looking forward to maybe using it as a

> softsynth and playing shows with it. The Purple Magic doesn't have

> any such thing though.

>

> -ken

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Given the recent news from the =

Symbian camp, we might be seeing this in the near =

future.On 28-May-08, at 3:03 PM, Ken =

Restivo wrote:I may need to buy a cellphone soon.But I'm a =

militant Free Software zealot so I refuse to spend any money on anything =

that isn't open and free, which is one reason why I've resisted =

cellphones for such a long time.But it seems like there are a =

few options now for Linux-based phones, so I'm looking =

around.Alas, OpenMoko looks the most promising, but they're out =

of stock, and, AFAICT the "phones" still can't make or receive calls =

yet. Oh well.The Google initiative seems stalled to me; and also =

I'm not so sure about the licensing.This PurpleMagic looks =

interesting though:http://www.purplelabs.com/product-purple-ma=

gic.php?PHPSESSID=3D9ead9cbe0bf6cd6ff34b0a42c3151e71But I =

haven't found a lot of technical info on it yet.Anyone messed =

around with these? Any pitfalls to look out for?The OpenMoko has =

USB so I was looking forward to maybe using it as a softsynth and =

playing shows with it. The Purple Magic doesn't have any such thing =

though.-ken_______________________________________________=

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