OpenMoko Ending Open Source Smartphone

OpenMoko’s open source FreeRunner smartphone won’t have successors because of the slumping economy and increased competition in the mobile space.


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One Response to OpenMoko Ending Open Source Smartphone

  1. Pat Johnson says:

    While the headline implies otherwise, the Openmoko FreeRunner (codenamed GTA02) continues. Please see the following video with Steve Mosher, Openmoko VP Marketing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d8Tsvj2TdQ
    The next device the GTA03, whose design was in constant flux, has been suspended and with it some associated layoffs were necessary. Openmoko continues to focus its attention on the FreeRunner, a device that many developers and distributors have built their business around and that has found recent additional strength in the embedded developer market. See the following videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfo3ehDd2so and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpOU8f8EDmI There is no end of life to the FreeRunner phone.

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