Hot on the heels of DrewTech's Linux-powered
DashDAQ is
FIC's own piece of Linux-based hawtness, the FIC-GTA001 mobile. While the company is already familiar in the world of CDMA, this marks the firm's first endeavor into the realm of
GSM smartphones. Sporting a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 resolution touchscreen with "multi-touch gesture recognition," GPS capabilities, dedicated "emergency paging button," and an "iPod-quality MP3 player," the svelte cellphone is primed for homebrew apps thanks to the inclusion of the SDK right in the box. FIC is hoping that adopters will participate in developer communities to craft new and improved applications for the limitless device, and even hopes to enable wireless uploads / downloads of completed files. The device is powered by a Samsung S3C2410 ARM9-based processor, 128MB of internal RAM, and 64MB of flash memory, but unfortunately there's no scheduled release date or expected price for the
open-source (and delightfully styled) handset.
posted Nov 7th 2006 12:45PM
sek-see!
this is so sweet!
can't wait for them!
homebrew on cells with no hassle!
woot!
Holy damn on the screen resolution.
I'll believe it when I see it.
The Inquirer reckons that the price is $350 and the release date January...
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35590
I WANT
Though I'm worried about the emergency paging button. I currently have the HTC Apache and I'm ALWAYS accidentally knocking buttons on the touchscreen when I put it in my pocket. More deets on the emergency paging?
I agree with Buzzsaw - it does smell of vaporware a little bit...
...but MAN! If it were to be for real, it would be so awesome! A real mobile, completely open - I would pay way more than $350 for one ( or three ).
The guys at Silicon Valley Homebrew Mobile Phone Club are building phones from scratch, but I ain't smart enough fer that.
http://telefono.revejo.org/article/10/silicon-valley-homebrew-mobile-phone-club
Give that phones have to use all sorts of proprietry software and protocols just to be compatible with existing networks, Isn't an OS in Linux more of a gimmick than a true cost saving measure?
With my experience in low powered handhelds running Linux, they tend to make even Windows Mobile 5 look stable
Hmm, the illustrations make it look like it's huge and there is no mention of WiFi. Would have been too good, had it WiFi and the size of an actual smartphone.
its good lookin to...if it was used for direction, music, and homebrew applications...but its also a phone...and its a pretty ugly phone.
I see the speaker holes at the top...but wheres the mic??? do ya just talk-2-tha hole?
Judging from the pictures and the screen being 2,8 inches, the dimensions would be about 4,3 x 2,2 x 0,7 inches, or 10,9 x 5,6 x 1,8 cm. Small enough for me, roughly the size of my HTC Magician ... .
I´ll take one, for that price!
Will it come with Duke Nukem Forever?
Now that's funny!!!