NXP and Purple Labs Unveil Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone [LWN.net]

NXP and Purple Labs Unveil Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone

Posted Jan 31, 2008 22:01 UTC (Thu) by wertigon (guest, #42963)
Parent article: NXP and Purple Labs Unveil Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone

Interesting. Any indication of when it's to hit the market? If it's good enough I might buy
it. Been thinking of getting a Neo1973, but with all it's delays and whatnot... Well, this is
a promising alternative. :)

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NXP and Purple Labs Unveil Sub-$100 3G Linux Mobile Phone

Posted Jan 31, 2008 22:58 UTC (Thu) by deleteme (subscriber, #49633) [Link]

It's a reference design, perhaps we will know more after it is shown off in February 11-14..

They aperantly developed for the Dreamphone, and I quote: However, users will not be able to easily modify the phone to run Linux kernels of their own implementation