Canadian Firms Get Behind OpenMoko/FreeRunner 140
mario writes "Now that the OpenMoko platform has stabilized enough to provide the OM2008 image (supporting the three major toolkits), things are starting to heat up. Linuxdevices is reporting on the start of a port of Devicescape's connect application. Koolu (another Canadian company) is also doing development for its W.E. phone (a branded FreeRunner). Which leads me to ask: Where are the American companies?"
Boring (Score:4, Funny)
Last time I checked... (Score:1, Funny)
.. Canada was still in America.
Re:"Where are the American companies?" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Boring (Score:1, Funny)
Ted Rogers is that you?
Dialing from the command line. (Score:5, Funny)
At last, a phone from Linux fanatics! You can dial from the command line. [togaware.com] Just type:
echo 0 >
echo 1 >
cu -l
AT+CFUN=1
AT+CPIN="<pin>"
AT+COPS
ATD<number>
You are now connected. See how easy it is!
Re:This is a very good thing (Score:3, Funny)
... no particular desire to pay for one (be it in $, g or mL)...
you can pay for phones with blood now?
Re:Cellphones and America (Score:2, Funny)
In computing what counts is shipping / release date.
Exactly, take Duke Nukem Forever for example.