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[News] OpenMoko FreeRunner Already Has Many Phone Distros

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Freeing your phone with the FIC Neo FreeRunner

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| As per the OpenMoko wiki, there are at least 9 distributions that may be run 
| on the FreeRunner. Four of these are official OpenMoko projects, three are 
| ports of existing distributions, and two are community-drive distributions. 
| Each distribution has a distinct goal.   
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/freeing_your_phone_fic_neo_freerunner

Now, this is fun. Downloading distros for the same phone...

New T-mobile phone competes with iPhone

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| What makes Android different and important is that it's built on Linux, which 
| means the basic code is open-source. Thus, it should be much more accessible 
| to third-party developers than other current mobile platforms.  
| 
| That's not to say it's unique. There are other Linux-based mobile platforms 
| out there. But they remain relatively obscure and unused, perhaps due to lack 
| or resources for further development and marketing.   
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http://www.dailypress.com/features/dp-life_shop-rau_1007oct07,0,6404235.story


Recent:

Distributor spins "W.E. phone"

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| Mississauga, Ontario-based Koolu Inc. has agreed to distribute OpenMoko's
| Linux-based Neo FreeRunner in the Americas, the U.K., and the European Union.
| Koolu is distributing the FreeRunner under the name W.E. Phone, and is
| bundling it with Google Apps.
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| The Neo FreeRunner shipped on July 4th, and was billed as a completely open
| source, hackable hardware platform based on GNU Linux and the OpenMoko.org
| phone stack. Users are free to install and run new operating system firmware,
| for example in order to add native Linux software applications of their own
| choosing. As distributed by Koolu, the W.E. Phone version of the FreeRunner
| appears to have some software customizations, including Google Apps.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2387774836.html


FreeRunner Linux phone sells out, more on the way

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| Less that one week after going on sale via its own e-commerce site, the
| 900MHz version of OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner Linux phone has sold out, but
| don't despair yet as more are on the way.
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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/252142/freerunner_linux_phone_sells_more_way


Related:

OpenMoko Developer Preview Sold Out After Unexpected Demand

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| OpenMoko, the first Open Source cell phone, has sold out the entire planned
| production run for the device's developer preview after unexpected demand.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/6/24279
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