Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Competition to iPhone


Touchscreen, WiFi, MicroSD Card slot for expandability and not bound to any carrier. Oh, and it runs Linux. The OpenMoko project is producing the first open-source hardware phone which will go on sale for $300 and $450 on July 9th. There will be two models, the Neo Base and the New Advanced. Both are mainly geared towards developers.


The consumer version will go on sale in October and will cost around $450. In contrast to the iPhone, though, this device will be wide open for developers. The interface isn’t quite on par with the iPhone, but looks better than most other phones and comes with a 2.8 inch screen (480×640) and a Global Locate AGPS chip. It will also have a USB port for expandability and development.


Hardware
120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm)
2.8″ VGA (480×640) TFT Screen
Samsung s3c2410 SoC
Global Locate AGPS chip
Ti GPRS (2.5G not EDGE)
Unpowered USB 1.1
Touchscreen
micro-sd slot
2.5mm audio jack
2 buttons
1200 mAh battery (charged over USB)
128 MB SDRAM
64 MB NAND Flash
Bluetooth 2.0

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