Gadgets and Technology

First Open Source Low-cost Phone

Filed under: Mobile phones — Boza at 10:21 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2007

 Neo1973 phone


FIC has announced an on-sale date for its Neo1973, expected to be the first low-cost, high-volume phone with a user-modifiable Linux-based operating system. Additionally, the OpenMoko project building open-source software for the phone has published a wealth of technical resources.

This is the true iPhone competitor, the downside is that only linux developers will be able to create applications or not???

more info here

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