Jul 03 2007
Open Moko as alternative to iPhone
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For those who found the iPhone debut an amazing excursion to the twilight zone of hype over substance, there is an alternative brewing on the horizon, called OpenMoko.
OpenMoko is an Open Source project to create the world’s first free mobile phone operating system.
The OpenMoko project is a community that anyone can join, to help design their ideal phone.
The long term goal is that phone software won’t be tied to a phone. You can install any OpenMoko software over the whole range of phones, and if you upgrade your phone, you don’t lose the software. Bugs fixed on one phone are fixed on all.
With OpenMoko, you won’t be locked into a mobile phone vendor that spends a good portion of its technology trying to bill you outrageous amounts for trivial information. Don’t like your mobile phone service? use a local wi-fi. Want to travel to another network? Buy a local SIM card. Want to download some innovative GPS/video/mapping application? go for it.
Maybe a little competition will improve the quality of our service for all.
