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imicro introduces Linux-based open mobile platform, two new mobile multimedia
processors

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| The Vinno-III-Linux platform is based on Vimicro's newly launched Vinno-III
| application processor that runs on the open source Linux OS. Along with
| multimedia processing capabilities enabled by Vimicro chips, the platform
| also integrates useful applications such as office file reader, WAP and MMS.
| When adopted for basic mobile phones, Vimicro's new Mobile Multimedia
| Processors let user enjoy more flexible use of audio, video, camera and data
| management functions.
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http://www.telecom.globalsources.com/gsol/I/Smartphone/a/9000000095789.htm


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OpenMoko to Commercialize Open-source Hardware Mobile Phone

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| OpenMoko (run by Openmoko Inc of Taiwan, a subsidiary of First International
| Computer Inc of Taiwan) is a developer of mobile phones using open-source
| hardware and software. OpenMoko developed OpenMoko Linux and Neo, which are
| open-source software platform and hardware for mobile phones. OpenMoko Linux
| uses Linux as its OS kernel and employs X11 and GTK as its window systems.
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http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080310/148761/


OpenMoko CC Licenses CAD Files for Neo1973

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| In doing so, OpenMoko not only allow industrial designers a peek inside the
| Neo1973 to see how it works, but also show a keen understanding of the power
| community efforts can have in creating a better end-user experience.
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http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/8117


Linux goes walkabout

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| Aside from its efforts to free users from telcos, the Neo other features
| include an accelerometer, which will protect the data when it senses the
| handset is in free-fall (it the thing that car airbags use), and a
| touch-screen interface.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080304.WBcyberia20080304133308/WBStory/WBcyberia


As Early Android Domino, OpenMoko Brings Open Source to Industrial Design

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| When people think open source, they usually think of software. Linux-based
| operating systems such as Ubuntu (for PCs) and Android (for mobile phones)
| give code tinkerers free license (literally) to create and collaborate on new
| software projects that are usually released for free and benefit the entire
| community of users. OpenMoko, the Taiwanese manufacturer of the
| as-yet-unreleased, Linux-based touchscreen Neo 1973 cellphone (it expected
| to come to market mid-April for around $399), released its source code in
| February of 2007, allowing anyone in the community to add to the OS.
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http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/technology_news/4253095.html


Linux phone mechanicals published

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| Mobile phone design company Openmoko has posted industrial design source CAD
| files for its Linux-based, open source Neo 1973 phone (pictured at left).
| Openmoko has also committed to providing open source access to the
| mechanicals for its upcoming Neo Freerunner phone design.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2435596283.html


The Enlightened future of OpenMoko Linux mobile phones

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| I met lead Enlightenment developer Carsten Haitzler in the exhibition hall at
| the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) this past weekend. Carsten told me
| about prospects for the