"The Contenders"

Name

Manufacturer

Processor - Speed

Volatile Memory (Ram)

Semi Non-Volatile Memory (Flash)

Screen

Network Medium(s)

Carrier(s)

Size

Weight

Media Playback

Wifi Support

Camera

Application Suite

Operating System

Price

Contract

Availability

OpenMoko - Neo1973

First International Computer (FIC)

ARM - Samsung S3C2410 SOC - 266mhz

128MB Samsung SDRAM

64MB Samsung NAND Flash & SDIO microSD up to 2GB (4GB and 8GB future)

2.8" Diagonal VGA TFT Color Touch Screen - 480x640

2.5G GSM - quad band, voice, CSD, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0

Any GSM Enabled Carrier - SIM Card

120.7 x 62 x 18.5 mm (4.75 x 2.44 x 0.728 inch)

184 +/- 5 g (6.5 ounces)

Software Conversion - mp3, ogg, and etc.i -- NO DRM

GTA 02 -- atheros open driver

none

OpenMoko Framework

Linux 2.6.x

300 USD - base developer edition; 450 USD - advanced developer edition

Dependent on Carrier

Fall 2007 - GA

iPhone

Apple Inc.

ARM - Samsung S5L8900 533mhz w/ PowerVR MBX 3D graphics co-processor

128MB - unknown manufacturer

Unknown OS Internal Flash - possibly shared with the 4GB or 8GB Flash Storage

3.5" HVGA Color Touch Screen w/ Optical Quality Glass - 320x480

GSM - quad band, voice, EDGE Network, Bluetooth 2.0

AT&T - US Only

115x61x11.6 mm (4.5x2.4x0.46 in)

135g (4.8oz)

AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4

Marvell W8686 WLAN

2.0 megapixel

EULA -- voids warranty

Mac OS X

499 USD - 4GB Edition; 599 USD - 8GB edition

Three Year Minimum - AT&T Only

June 29, 2007

Interview w/ Sean Moss-Pultz (full audio recording):

1) Can you tell us a little about yourself?
2) How did you get started with computers?
3) What attracted you to embedded devices?
4) How did you get started working on a user modifiable cell-phone?
5) Who is FIC? What do they do?
6) In an age of electronic appliances, why do we need a modifiable cellphone?
7) What is the OpenMoko?
8) How do the OpenMoko's hardware and software compare to the iPhone? or other cellular phones on the market?
9) What makes the OpenMoko unique?
10) What does "open source" mean to FIC and to you?
11) Is the OpenMoko really completely open?
12) How many developers are working on the project? How do companies and developers get involved?
13) How much interest is there from OEM's in Asia? other parts of the world?
14) What US carriers will support the OpenMoko?
15) What applications are supported by the OpenMoko?
16) How can someone create a new application?
17) Why should my parents buy one?
18) When will the OpenMoko be available in the US? and how much will it cost?
19) What is the OpenMoko's target market?
20) Anything I left out? you'd like ask me or to tell our offbyone listeners?

1 - http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo1973_Hardware
2 - http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
4 - http://www.arm.com/markets/mobile_solutions/armpp/18072.html