http://blog.matthewgast.com/2007/02/13/my-ideal-80211-phone/ A former physicist tries to make sense of technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:26:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://blog.matthewgast.com/2007/02/13/my-ideal-80211-phone/#comment-895 Surfing the Luminiferous Ether » Blog Archive » Oh, no, OpenMoko delayed! Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:00:17 +0000 http://blog.matthewgast.com/2007/02/13/my-ideal-80211-phone/#comment-895 [...] On February 12, I went to check up on the status of the OpenMoko project. With my likely disappointment on the iPhone, I’ve been looking for a replacement for my aging four-year-old Nokia 6600. Based on my set of ideal features for an 802.11 phone, I’ve been looking seriously at the Nokia E series, but they are quite expensive. The recent announcement of the “i” models in the E series lineup (E61i, etc) has shifted my allegiance slightly. I’ve been working with an E series, but it has limited battery life and a flaky SIP stack. My thoughts increasingly turn towards OpenMoko, since it would embrace SIP and open telephony in a way that is still alien to the telcos and their big suppliers. Unfortunately, the project has been delayed a short while. There are good reasons for this, namely that the team is dedicated to having a completely open system from hardware specs up through the toolchain before finally getting to the phone software itself. All commendable, but it doesn’t make it sting any less. [...] [...] On February 12, I went to check up on the status of the OpenMoko project. With my likely disappointment on the iPhone, I’ve been looking for a replacement for my aging four-year-old Nokia 6600. Based on my set of ideal features for an 802.11 phone, I’ve been looking seriously at the Nokia E series, but they are quite expensive. The recent announcement of the “i” models in the E series lineup (E61i, etc) has shifted my allegiance slightly. I’ve been working with an E series, but it has limited battery life and a flaky SIP stack. My thoughts increasingly turn towards OpenMoko, since it would embrace SIP and open telephony in a way that is still alien to the telcos and their big suppliers. Unfortunately, the project has been delayed a short while. There are good reasons for this, namely that the team is dedicated to having a completely open system from hardware specs up through the toolchain before finally getting to the phone software itself. All commendable, but it doesn’t make it sting any less. [...]

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