Openmoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface

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The Openmoko Neo Freerunner has been in the making since before the Jurassic period, but it looks like official word has now been released regarding the final pricing details. The Linux based cellphone will retail at $399 for a single unit and $3690 for a pack containing ten handsets.

Currently, the Openmoko fellows have received back their first production verification test devices and they are busy making the necessary tweaks to the hardware / software. As for a release date, we've been promised more details concerning distribution will be forthcoming in the "next few days." I'm kinda itching to try one of these out, but it looks like we'll all be waiting a little bit longer. We'll keep you posted on any developments.
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/...il/015080.html

Linux: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Pricing Details Surface


What are the specs

The specs share some features with the previous Neo1973 such as

* A very high resolution touch screen (1.7" x 2.27" - 43mm x 58mm) 480x640 pixels
* 128MB SDRAM memory to allow operation of many applications at once
* Internal GPS module for map and tracking programs
* Bluetooth for local data exchange
* Physical appearance will be the same as the Neo1973. See openmoko.com for more.

but will gain the additional features of

* 802.11 b/g WiFi for fast web browsing and data transfer
* A faster 400Mhz processor (up from 266MHz)
* A hardware Graphics Accelerator chip allowing the acceleration of a limited set of operations.
o Unfortunately, this is on a shared slow (7M/s) bus with the SD card.
* 2 3D accelerometers so that the phone can know its orientation for example switching to landscape mode automatically
* 2 LEDs illuminating the two buttons on the rim of the case (one bicolor [blue|orange] behind the power button, 1 unicolor [red] behind the aux button)
* Tri-band GSM and GPRS for North America (850/1800/1900 Mhz) and the rest of the world (900/1800/1900 Mhz)
* USB Host function with 100mA power allowing you to power USB devices for short periods (will drain the FreeRunner battery faster)

A full list of the hardware specs and components of the Neo FreeRunner (internal codename GTA02xxx) can be found here Neo FreeRunner GTA02 Hardware