The Android Dev Phone?

Posted Dec 23, 2008 23:25 UTC (Tue) by jake (editor, #205)
In reply to: The Android Dev Phone? by martinfick
Parent article: The 2008 Linux and free software timeline

> Is our author messing with us?

Not intentionally ...

It would seem that our Search feature is a little overzealous. For now, I have removed access.

I definitely didn't think that "borrowing" that thumbnail for the timeline would lead someone to the photo, but I guess I underestimated the ingenuity of LWN readers.

jake

The Android Dev Phone?

Posted Dec 23, 2008 23:38 UTC (Tue) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> For now, I have removed access.

Actually, this is wrong. No access was harmed. Think of the photos as a teaser.

jake

The Android Dev Phone?

Posted Dec 23, 2008 23:41 UTC (Tue) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link] (1 responses)

Oh, I thought it was perhaps a completed article genuinely missed from the indexes since it was dated Dec 16th! :(

I want to read it, it might seriously influence my desire to get myself an X-mas present and thus finally make cell phone market penetration 100%. ;) A truly open and very functional phone is what it will take for me, and it appears this may be it. Publish it soon pretty please! :)

It's quite functional, very open but not 100% open

Posted Dec 24, 2008 7:15 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

You can install new firmware, replace kernel and userspace, etc. But. GSM module is closed, Bluetooth module is closed, etc. Basically it's open in normal sense (all code for main CPU is replaceable), but not in RMS sense (there are a lot of separate modules with closed-source firmware).