Thread: new mainboard for Openmoko Freerunner
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2012-02-13 , 06:40
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#12
Originally Posted by Radu View Post
Well, yeah, but what's the point? There are other boards out there that are much cheaper and better..
The point of Opernmoko and its hardware is to have a fully open phone. All the source code is open and if you have the right equipment you can even build the hardware on your own (e.g. there are casing templates for 3D printers).
There is no other phone that has a truly open OS (Maemo is full of blobs) and even the Raspberry has a closed source graphics firmware.