Category Archives: Hardware

GTA04 Installation Guide for SHR

Posted on February 2, 2012 by slyon

GTA04 Installation Guide for SHR This is a step-by-step guide, which should get you from zero to a working SHR on your GTA04 in just a few minutes. Getting the files shr-core image: shr-image-om-gta04.tar.gz shr-image-om-gta04.tar.gz (latest staging image, for testers … Continue reading →

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Building a Case for the Goldelico GTA04

Posted on January 2, 2012 by slyon

I just came home from my christmas holidays and found a nice, little parcel from Shapeways in my mail box. It contained my first experiment with the Blender 3D software and the Shapeways 3D printing service. Update: Follow the efforts … Continue reading →

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Updated: Openmoko Community Survey 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by slyon

Update 9.1.2012: results are updated. As the year 2011 nears it’s end, we – the Openmoko Community – did a poll [0] about which is the most popular hardware and which is the most popular software in our community. The … Continue reading →

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Goldelico/Openmoko GTA04 at last production stage

Posted on September 27, 2011 by slyon

Table of Contents Goldelico GTA04 Testing Future Support Links The replacement SoC for the Openmoko Neo Freerunner and Neo 1973 – called Goldelico GTA04 alias “Phoenux” – just arrived at it’s final production stage after another slight delay. Goldelico GTA04 … Continue reading →

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Update: Openmoko GTA04 »Phoenux« is getting reality

Posted on July 26, 2011 by slyon

Table of Contents The Story Technical Specifications Prototypes & Early-Adopter Boards Future How you can help Thanks Links The GTA04 is rising like a phoenix from the ashes… The Story All started off with the idea of a fully open … Continue reading →

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HP/Palm Pre2 Developer Device

Posted on May 8, 2011 by slyon

Recently my free HP/Palm Pre 2 developer device arrived from the US here in Germany. In March I wrote an email to HP/Palm to apply for the “developer program”, in which they offered free Pre2 devices to qualified developers. As … Continue reading →

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Free platforms Go On, despite former giant’s NoGo

Posted on February 15, 2011 by slyon

This is an official PR announcement from the FOSS community. Different translations are available here: wiki.freesmartphone.org /CZ /DE /ES /PL Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 – Despite the recent departure of a former mobile handset manufacturer giant, several developing teams and … Continue reading →

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1000x 本 NanoNote

Posted on February 25, 2010 by slyon

Yesterday (24.02.2010) Qi-Hardware1 proudly announced their first product of copylefted hardware – Ben NanoNote – which is now released to the public. The first batch of 1000 NanoNotes is produced. They are shipping and in stock in Hong Kong, Europe … Continue reading →

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Mein Neo Freerunner ist da.

Posted on August 29, 2008 by slyon

Ich hatte meinen Neo Freerunner am 26.08.2008 bei Trisoft und am Morgen des 28.08.2008 kam das Päckchen schon hier an. Ich bin begeistert! Enthalten waren ganz normal: Freerunner 512 Micro-SD Karte + Adapter Akku Lade-Kabel + Länderstecker USB-Kabel

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Fingerprint Reader Hardy Lenovo

Posted on June 23, 2008 by slyon

Ich habe jetzt auch den Fingerprint Reader meines Lenovo 3000 N200 zum Arbeiten überreden können. Trotz Alpha-Software funktioniert er fein.

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