One of the most awaited handset the Neo FreeRunner open source cell phone designed by Openmoko has been finally shipped to several distributors. This has thereby made an attempt to move towards the mass mobile market by the mobile Linux Company.
The Openmoko announced this month that although the Neo FreeRunner cell phone from Openmoko would soon be shipped to other parts of the world the cell phone has been currently shipped to just three distribution companies located in Germany which are the Pluster and Trisoft and Golden Delicious as well as the company in France called Bearstech and Ida Systems the Indian company. However there are also possibilities to buy this cell phone from the official website of Openmoko. The suggested retail price for this handset is around £201 or $399.
The Features
The Neo FreeRunner from Openmoko is designed as a VGA which around 480 by 640 pixel touch screen. The cell phone also includes several other features like there is an internal GPS, a 400 MHz processor, Bluetooth, two 3D accelerometers, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi and SD card expandability. Similar to other cell phones the Neo FreeRunner also features a USB host function which means that you can use it to power any USB devices.
The cell phone is also available with a basic developer platform but you also have the option to download various other software’s from the developer web site of Openmoko. The Neo FreeRunner is actually the second cell phone to be launched by the Openmoko Company which was launched following their Neo 1973 cell phone during the last year. The Openmoko Company says that they are working towards rising up the functionality of Openmoko platform so that they could easily address the needs of the highly potential vertical markets of today like the academic, medicine and travel and also as developing their software for an ultimate launch in the mass consumer mobile market.
Neo FreeRunner Launch
Steve Mosher who is the vice president of marketing of the Openmoko Company said that they have moved much beyond their early adopter stage and they are now entirely ready to release their new next generation Neo FreeRunner into the mass markets where they are also seeing early tractions. He further said that these key distributors have a good relationship which can reach deep in the markets and that can also influence the features of their new and remarkable cell phone and advance the device even further through their exterior customization and included software.
The Openmoko Company platform is open sourced by the GPL or General Public License and also by LGPL the Lesser General Public Company. The mound includes the entire X server. The Openmoko Company has also released their CAD files under the creative commons so that it would let engineers and industrial designers to customize the cell phone as they wish. As the cell phone is retailed for nearly £201 or $399 you can soon find the cell phone at any of your local mobile stores.
