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Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

Posted May 12, 2009 17:26 UTC (Tue) by xav (guest, #18536)
In reply to: Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono) by salimma
Parent article: Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

That'd be great. Possibly the only thing missing for me to buy a Maemo tablet.


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Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

Posted May 13, 2009 13:44 UTC (Wed) by dufkaf (subscriber, #10358) [Link]

So far they confirmed only data support (not voice) for upcoming device and Fremantle OS version. Presumably voice will come later.

Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

Posted May 13, 2009 13:50 UTC (Wed) by xav (guest, #18536) [Link]

Or presumably they don't want to let people play with voice on an open device.

Intel and Nokia announce open source telephony project (oFono)

Posted May 19, 2009 16:00 UTC (Tue) by Jaffa (guest, #4327) [Link]

There are hints that voice will be supported by Maemo 5 to some extent; my guess is primarily via headsets (either the wired one already included or Bluetooth preferably).

At a push, it may also support the headset-less "speaker phone" mode you can currently use with VoIP, or even sideways-holding-to-head.

I'd be surprised to see the Maemo 5 device(s) marketed as phones, and sold through normal mobile contracts though.

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