Openmoko signs five distributors for Freerunner mobile phone

PRESS RELEASE
June 25, 2008

Openmoko Signs Five Distributors for
Freerunner Open Source Mobile Phone
Distributors seize opportunity to reach
significant markets with programmable mobile phone
TAIPEI,
TAIWAN June 25, 2008-
Openmoko, creator of the first completely open mobile computing
platform, today announced agreements with five distributors for the Neo
Freerunner Open Source mobile phone.  Today, Openmoko will begin
shipping the next generation Neo Freerunner to Pulster, Golden
Delicious Computers and TRIsoft located in Germany, Bearstech in France and IDA Systems based in India.
IDA Systems specializes in customized
software development and retail sales of hand-held computer devices.
Golden Delicious Computers is a specialist for mobile office
solutions and was founded as The Handheld Linux Shop.  TRIsoft, in
business since 1985, has been focusing in recent years on mobile
Linux devices.  Bearstech offers expertise in Open Source architecture and complex
internet projects, and Pulster specializes in online sales of mobile devices
into industrial and education markets with focus on Linux-based
solutions.

Openmoko home page
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new Openmoko Neo Freerunner phone will ship
with a basic developer platform. Subsequent software can be
downloaded from the Openmoko developer site.  The Neo Freerunner
comes to market after Openmoko shipped the highly successful Neo
1973 in 2007.  Distributors will offer either the 850 MHz or 900 MHz models
of the Neo Freerunner to accommodate telecommunications frequencies
worldwide.
"We have moved beyond the early adopter stage and
are now ready to release  the next generation Neo Freerunner  to
markets where we are seeing early traction," said Steve Mosher,
Openmoko vice president of marketing. "These key distributors have
relationships that reach deeply into markets that can leverage the
features of this remarkable mobile device and advance it even further
through software and exterior customization."
To help
developers create unique versions of the Neo Freerunner mobile phone,
Openmoko recently posted CAD files for the phone's industrial design.  The CAD files
enable developers to design and
completely modify and rapidly create prototypes for the phone case to
suit their own customers' needs. Openmoko is also working with the
Open Source community to expand the phone's software functionality to
address the needs of high potential vertical markets such as
academic, travel, science, and medicine, as well as refining the
software for an eventual launch into the mass consumer market.
Pulster CEO, Christoph Pulster, said, "As the first official distributor for Openmoko
products, we look forward to helping deliver Openmoko's latest baby, the Freerunner
open mobile phone platform, into the German consumer and industrial markets."
Dr. Nikolaus Schaller of Golden Delicious Computers: "We strongly support the idea
to give the open source community full access to open devices. We contribute our
 experience in import and trading business so that customers in European markets
 can buy this and future devices assured of sustained high level commercial support."
Marc Stephan of TRIsoft says "Soon after we started the preorder phase after CeBit
2008, the customers response exceeded all our expectations. So we're happy to announce
the partnership with Golden Delicious Computers to ensure a strong and professional
EU-wide distribution of the Openmoko devices."
Amiya Kumar Das, director of IDA Systems, said "We have been resellers of several
 hand-held devices and laptops in India. We look forward to contributing our expertise
in software development and Openmoko retail sales in the India market.

Pricing and availability
The Openmoko Neo Freerunner has a suggested retail price of $399.
Openmoko will sell the phone directly from it its webshop www.Openmoko.com
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via distributors in Europe and India.  The company will announce availability in
 other regions of the world at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, August 5-7, 2008
where Openmoko can be seen in the Linux Garage Pavilion booth 1234 in the Moscone Center North Hall.

About Openmoko

Openmoko
is the commercial and community driven effort with a mission to
create open mobile products that empower developers and consumers to
personalize their devices, much like a computer, in any way they see
fit. Openmoko is dedicated to helping innovators bring freedom and
flexibility to consumer electronics and vertical market devices.
For
the latest information about Openmoko, visit www.Openmoko.com
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