OpenMoko & FIC Neo1973 - GPL-Fon mit kompletten Sourcen

Vorab ein paar Bilder un technische Daten:

Mehr Bilder:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sma…sed-smartphone-213016.php
http://www.openmoko.com/press/index.html

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* 120.7 x 62 x 18.5 (mm)
* 2.8" VGA (480x640) 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

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Das Gerät wird vorausichtlich ab Feb.2007 im Direktvertrieb für 350$ erhältlich sein.

Der Name "Neo1973" kommt übrigens hierher:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H…First_Generation_Cellular

Zitat

Dr. Cooper [from Motorola] made the first analogue mobile phone call on a larger prototype model in 1973.

Endgerät

Am erfreulichsten dürfte der enthaltene GPS-Empfänger und der Bluetooth Chip sein. Sowie die gute Auflösung des Geräts. Ein Multi-touch display wird in der ersten Version wohl entgegen der Angaben bei Engadget noch nicht enthalten sein. Leider ist in diesem Gerät auch kein WiFi-Chip enthalten, aber wenn das Gerät nicht floppt, dann sollte es sicher nicht lange dauern, bis auch bessere Endgeräte auftauchen. Positiverweise dürfte es selbst bei einem Flop des Geräts, dennoch wahrscheinlich sein, dass man sich der Software bedienen wird um zukünftige Geräte zu betreiben, gerade weil sie frei ist und alle Quellen verfügbar.

Platform
Nun, das Telefon mag keine bezaubernde Schönheit sein, aber es ist aus verschiedenen Gründen sehr attraktiv. Der Hauptpunkt dürfte sein, dass mit openmoko eine Plattform etabliert werden soll, die sehr, sehr viel Potential verspricht. Das Ziel ist eine komplett "hackable" Mobiltelefon-plattform zu bauen, die auf verschiedenen Hardware-Plattformen läuft. Dies soll einerseits die Entwicklungszeiten bei den Hardwarehertellern fördern, da man sich nur noch um Hardware, nicht mehr so sehr um die Software kümmern muß; und andererseits wird es die Einstiegsbarrieren herabsetzen, was letztlich auch zu mehr Konkurrenz und damit mehr und günstigere Geräte für Endbenutzer bedeuten wird.

Dadurch, dass es aus Endbenutzersicht vollkommen frei programmierbar, und alle Quellen verfügbar sind, darf man sich endlich auf eine breitere Softwareunterstützung des Telefons freuen, und zwar egal ob Windows, Linux oder Mac. Vielleicht gibt es dann endlich Synchronisationen die nicht mehr so stinkt...
Hinzu kommt, dass es eine Paketverwaltung geben wird, welche manchen vielleicht aus Linux bekannt ist, d.h. das Finden, Installieren und Updaten von Software auf dem Gerät selbt wird wesentlich einfacher werden, als bisher.

Im Gegensatz zu früheren Linux-Geräten dürfte hier erfreulich sein, dass man verstärkt auf Standards und Offenheit setzt (im Gegensatz bspw. zu den Motorola-Geräten, wo es schwer war für unabhängige Entwickler, überhaupt eine ordentliche Buidumgebung zu bekommen. Davon abgesehen, ist die meiste Software der Motorolas Closedsource und für Entwickler nicht einsehbar, ja nichtmal APIs verfügbar). Man kann bei dem aktuellen Gerät sogar davon ausgehen, dass die Hauptzielgrupe Linuxfans, und Softwareentwickler sind in der Hoffnung eine Software-Ökosystem zu bauen, von dem dann spätere Geräte die stärker auf Endkunden zugeschnitten sind, profitieren können. Die Amsterdam-Präsentation auf der openmoko-Seite ist jedenfalls vielversprechend.

Fazit: Auch wenn das FIC Neo 1973 sicher nicht den Markt stürmen wird, so kann man durchaus annehmen, dass hier durchaus der erste Stein einer kleinen Revolution ins Rollen gebracht wird. Ich jedenfalls warte begeistert auf die Verfügbarkeit der ersten Geräte.

[small]Weitere Details: Harald Welte, neben seiner Arbeit an Linux auch bekannt durch sein Engagement bei gpl-violations, arbeitet zZ ebenfalls mit an openmoko bzw. dem Neo1973. Zum Einsatz für die GUI wird kommen gtk 2.6.10 on xserver-kdrive-fbdev (with an option to use gtk 2.10.x if thats is fast enough in later revisions). Es wird das Gerät nicht nur nackt, sondern auch in einer "Hacker's Lunchbox"-Edition geben (Details stehen noch aus). Als bevorzugte Build-System kommt http://www.openembedded.org/ zum Einsatz.[/small]

Es gibt Neuigkeiten. Sean hat eine Roadmap für 2007 vorgestellt:

http://lists.openmoko.org/pipe…/2007-January/000000.html

(Hervorhebungen von mir)

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Dear Community,

"The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave
themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are
indistinguishable from it."

Mark Weiser wrote those words almost 15 years ago in a Scientific
American article titled, "The Computer for the 21st Century." In it, he
coined the term "ubiquitous computing", and proposed a set of ground
rules for devices of the 21st century.

Temporally, we're here. Technologically, we're close. But everyone
still seems to be talking about ubiquitous computing like a mirage on
desert road: it's always the same distance away. Sometimes looking at
common every day objects with a fresh perspective yields interesting
new ideas. Today we're going to propose that the foundation for
ubiquitous computing is already here. All that is stopping us from
going forward is change of context.

Almost everyone we know has a mobile phone. Mobile phones have become
part of the fabric of everyday life. Does this mean that the mobile
phone is the ubiquitous computing device we've all waited for?
Currently, no. But with a subtle change we would argue, yes.

Mobile phones are closed environments created with a mobile context in
mind. But this concept is limiting; a mobile phone has the potential
to be a platform that can do anything that a small computer with
broadband access can do. If mobile phones were based on open platforms,
they would have the potential to bring computing to people in a ways
traditional computers cannot. Mobile phones can become ubiquitous
computers.

Ubiquitous computing, however, does not simply mean computers that can
be carried to work, to the home, to the beach, and to the movies.
Ubiquitous computers must know where they are, and then must be able to
merge into the environment.

We put GPS functionality into the Neo1973, because when your phone
simply knows its location, it can adapt its behavior in significant
ways without even a hint of artificial intelligence.

How can devices disappear into the background? To be honest, we have
far more questions than answers here. But do we know what is needed for
exploring this idea. Developers must have unrestricted access to
hardware at all times. Being able to control the microphone, for
example, will allow phones to sense ambient noise. A simple program
could prevent your phone from ringing while you're in a conversation.

We will always try our absolute best to give you devices that are as
open as possible. Our goal is freeing end-users and businesses alike
from proprietary constraints. We're about encouraging people to modify
and personalize their software to support their individual needs.
Building products as we do, we strive to enable people to connect and
communicate in new and relevant ways, using their own languages and
their own symbols.

Our company is unconventional, We openly share our roadmap. And today
we're going to share it with you. (Hopefully, by now, there isn't a
single person left on this list who thinks we're conventional

Your participation, in terms of actual code, hardware features,
suggestions, and usage-scenarios will shape product features of our
roadmap.

So here it is, divided into 3 phases, that will repeat annually:

2007-02-11 Phase 0: Developer Preview
We will give away free phones to selected members of the developer
community. At this point, the full source code to the OpenMoko Linux
Distribution will become publicly available. We are committed to
cooperating with the community in the interest of making the
official developer launch a smooth experience.

In the last month we've seen a huge increase of interest in
OpenMoko. To be perfectly honest, we're doing this give away as a
system of "checks and balances." We want to get the framework right,
the first time around.

Also, at this time, the following community dedicated websites
will be available:

* http://openmoko.org/ -- for the actual development community
* http://wiki.openmoko.org/ -- for an official wiki of the project
* http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/ -- for bug tracking
* http://lists.openmoko.org/ -- for public mailing lists
* http://planet.openmoko.org/ -- for an aggregated feed
* http://projects.openmoko.org/ -- for user-contributed projects

2007-03-11 Phase 1: Official Developer Launch
We will sell the Neo1973 direct from openmoko.com for US$350 plus
shipping. Sales and orders will be worldwide. We are specifically
targeting open source community developers.

2007-09-11 Phase 2: Mass Market Sale
Online sales will continue. We will also be available in a retail
stores and selected carriers around the world. At this point, we
hope your mom and dad will want to buy a Neo1973, too.

The 2nd generation OpenMoko device will also be introduced at this
time. We have something special in the works, but again, you will
help shape this device.

Next, we would like to reconfirm the hardware components (nothing has
changed here) and talk a bit about software. We will have

[ s.o. ]

The OpenMoko Linux Distribution will be built with OpenEmbedded. The
developer devices will be based on the following software:

* Linux 2.6.17.14
* gcc 4.1.1
* binutils 2.17.50.0.5
* glibc 2.4
* Xorg 7.1
* glib 2.6.4
* gtk 2.6.10
* dbus 0.9
* eds
* (more)

The OpenMoko application framework adds C-APIs on top of Gtk+, Dbus,
GConf, and EDS. The UI will be implemented with GObject based classes
like:

* MokoApplication -- base application class
* MokoPanedWindow -- base class for stylus main windows
* MokoMenuBox -- menu widget holding application and filter menu
* MokoFingerWindow -- base class for finger main windows
* MokoFingerWheel -- rotary finger wheel
* MokoFingerToolBox -- finger tool box
* (more)

A set of core applications using this OpenMoko framework is under
development. Of course, you will be able to use a lot of "legacy" X11
applications, as well.

---

We want your involvement in OpenMoko. Now is a great time for us to
work together. You'll have our full support. We're dedicated to helping
you "Free Your Phone." And we're always looking, listening, and hungry
for new things. It is our goal to be totally market driven.

To be market-driven requires a willingness to experiment. OpenMoko will
provide discounted phones to people in "improbable" markets. We're
interested in what people in these markets can do with our products,
whether they can use them at all, or what it would have to be like for
them to become customers.

We will start out with the assumption that our product may find
customers in previously ignored markets; that uses no one imagined when
the product was designed will be found; and that Neo1973 will be bought
by customers outside our field of vision and even unknown to our sales
force.

We need you to talk to us. Tell us what you want. We promise we will
listen. Your feedback will help evolve our roadmap.

The real power of an open phone comes not from any one of these
devices; it emerges from the interaction of all the users of "freed
phones." We can create true ubiquitous computing in Weiser's terms.
This will be the computer of the 21st century.

At this point, we should tell you why we chose the name "Neo1973."
"Neo" means new. Dr. Marty Cooper (the inventor of the mobile phone)
made the first call ever in 1973.

We believe that an open source mobile phone can revolutionize, once
again, the world of communication. This will be the New 1973.

Join us. "Free Your Phone."

Sincerely,

The OpenMoko Team

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Die ersten Geräte werden außerdem in den Farbkombinationen Orange/White und Black/Gray erhältlich sein. Für die EU wird das Gerät aus der EU herausvertrieben/Verschickt werden im März. Es sollten also keine weiteren großen Kosten dazu kommen (laut Maliningliste).
Darüberhinaus ebenfalls interessantes Info-Häppchen aus den der ML:

Zitat

We're working with Funambol on SyncML and (soon) push email.

update: Hier ist noch ein Video mit Sean von Openmoko:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRvtAAXTIlg&eurl

Die ersten 36 Geräte sind an interessierte Entwickler gegangen. Damit wäre das openmoko/Neo1973 nun offiziell aus dem Vapourware Status raus.

http://lists.openmoko.org/pipe…ce/2007-March/000006.html

Zitat

The Neo1973 Phase 0 phones have been shipped!

This means that by the end of this week, there will be 36 Free Software
developers around the world with a Neo1973 in their hands
(Why not 50? Go on reading)

After having releaed the current source code, and development resources
such as wiki, bugzilla and mailinglists almost four weeks ago, this
Phase 0 shipment now marks the next logical step: Hardware availability.

Unfortunately the current hardware revision GTA01Bv3 still has some
issues that are fixable in post-production rework, most notably too high
standby power consumption. Due to those issues, the remaining 14
developers have chosen to rather wait until the next hardware revision.

The brave first 36 will obviously get a free fully working Neo1973 as
soon as they become available - which brings us to the second news item:

We have finalized the next revision called GTA01Bv4, which we expect to
be available in sample quantities roughly at the end of the month.
Let's hope this time we got everything right and can immediately proceed
to producing larger quantities.

In order to enable the Phase 0 developers to even literally "Open their
phone" (before freeing it by free software), we actually packaged all
the tools required for opening and disassembling it: Torx screwdriver
and guitar plectrum

The OpenMoko core team is sending a warm welcome to this first group of
36 developers. We're looking forward to your feedback and help!

Once again our sincere apologies for delays and further delays. We
werer striving to be above industry average - but have you ever seen
any reasonably complex hard/software project finish on time? Murphys
law applies to all of us...

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Gute Nachrichten. Ich vermute mal, dass die Möglichkeit für Kunden direkten Einfluß zu nehmen auf ein Handy/Smartphone/Mobile Gadget noch nie so groß war wie in diesem Fall.

Das mittlerweile geöffnete Wiki hat Fotos, Videos und weitere Informationen:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page