OpenMoko this week announced that the Canadian company Koolu is now the global distributor for OpenMoko’s Neo FreeRunner open source phone (repackaged as the W.E. Phone), starting in the U.S. and Europe.
“The Neo FreeRunner shipped on July 4th, and was billed as a completely open source, hackable hardware platform based on GNU Linux and the [...]

Fring for J2ME and Internet Tablets OS Available.Fring keeps on adding more mobile phone so you can IM and make VoIP calls from not only mobile phone handsets, but from the Nokia N810 (Internet Tablets OS platform)
The J2ME client doesn’t do VoIP, but it still allows you to IM on the various networks it supports, [...]

Last Friday, OpenMoko launched its highly anticipated Openmoko Neo FreeRunner.OpenMoko is designed to encourage third-party modification and customization. Although the FreeRunner’s software platform is still incomplete, the device has attracted considerable attention from mobile software developers and Linux enthusiasts.

The home screen

OpenMoko’s WebKit-based browser

The media player

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Garmin has posted Linux source code for its Nuvi 8xx and Nuvi 5xxx-series GPS navigation devices. The Nuvi 8xx offers a 4.3-inch, 480×272 display, and appears to be based on a Marvell PXA-3xx processor, Gnome Mobile Linux, and GeoClue location technology.
Garmin’s source code listing for the Nuvi 800 is nicely organized by license, certainly [...]

Openmoko, developer of the first open mobile computing platform today announced that on Friday, July 4, it will open the online store for purchase of the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner, a mobile device that the company says will help to enable ubiquitous computing for the 21st century. Shipping to customers will commence on July 7, 2008.
The [...]

The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum today announced completion of the LiPS Release 1.0 specifications, fulfilling the commitment announced in June of this year. With this release, LiPS enables mobile industry players to achieve basic interoperability for applications and services deployed on Linux-based phones, benefiting Linux-based software stack suppliers, mobile device OEMs and regional and [...]