OpenMoko was an early open-source (hardware and software) cell phone project. It was designed to be flashed without having to root it or unlock a bootloader; the download tools were open source. It was great, except, it had an A5 CPU, no camera, no 3G and no prospect of it, and no real distribution …

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In a story on BoingBoing, a "web developer" who got a major bit of Sticker Shock on his eye(candy)Phone from AT&T wrote:

"On the way to the airport, I activated the per-use international roaming data plan - the only one offered to me. The rep quoted me $.005 per KB but did not …

The OpenMoko website started selling the developer preview of the Neo1973 cell phone on July 9th, as promised. Linux-based and all open source (except for a tiny shim around the GSM module), this is the phone that most every open source developer should have. The current offering is a bit short on …

Everybody's heard the hype about the closed-source vunderkind cell phone that is supposed to "revolutionize" the industry. And maybe it will do well in the mass "consumer" market. But there is an open-source phone that has many of the same features - including a full-sized touch …