Phones/Devices With Linux
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The Raspberry Pi Hits Important New Milestones
As we've noted here before, when it comes to top open source stories of the past couple of years, it's clear that one of the biggest is the proliferation of tiny, inexpensive Linux-based computers at some of the smallest form factors ever seen. The diminutive, credit card-sized Raspberry Pi, which has been priced at only $25 and $35, has grabbed most of the headlines in this space, and has recently hit some new milestones.
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Apple iOS Is Losing to a Homegrown Competitor in China
As sales keep dropping. Apple iOS sales will be topped by Alibaba's YunOS in what was once the U.S. tech behemoth's growth engine. YunOS is set to take 14% of the smartphone shipments in mainland China...
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Ten years anniversary of Openmoko
In 2006 I first visited Taiwan. The reason back then was Sean Moss-Pultz contacting me about a new Linux and Free Software based Phone that he wanted to do at FIC in Taiwan. This later became the Neo1973 and the Openmoko project and finally became part of both Free Software as well as smartphone history.
Ten years later, it might be worth to share a bit of a retrospective.
It was about building a smartphone before Android or the iPhone existed or even were announced. It was about doing things "right" from a Free Software point of view, with FOSS requirements going all the way down to component selection of each part of the electrical design.
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