OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner available for order July 4, shipping July 7

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jul 2nd 2008 at 9:15AM

Last we heard form Openmoko, it was packing and shipping the open-source FreeRunner for an early July release. So, here we are in early July and wouldn't you know it, the FreeRunner will be available for order starting Friday, July 4 with shipping to begin on Monday, July 7. As for details, we got 'em. The shipped version of the phone will come in both 850Mhz and 900Mhz Tri-band GSM flavors with a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, WiFi, AGPS, GPRS 2.6G, Bluetooth 2.0, 128MB WSDRAM, and 256MB NAND flash. If you're down with all that, look to pay $399 on Friday at www.openmoko.com.

Filed under: Handsets, Others, Linux

Tags: freerunner, linux, neo freerunner, NeoFreerunner, openmoko

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Randy Power @ Jul 2nd 2008 9:41PM

I will be early in line to order one of these devices. It is not perfect, but I love the idea of a free and open phone-sized computer enough to put up with some issues. At least I think it will be worthwhile.

Pros: All the specs
Cons: Short battery life (software updates can help), no 3G, no physical keyboard.

Can someone explain to me what "GPRS 2.6" is? Should I expect EDGE?

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