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Gadgetell got to take a look at the Android Market interface.  This short video goes over some things you may have missed.  As you can see in the video, the interface is extremely responsive to input.  This particular G1 did not have any protective cover or screen guard or anything… Continue Reading »

Last night was the T-Mobile G1 launch event in New York City.  Gadgetell was there to see what was new in the Android world.  The event itself was set in a club with a live band; it was very different from the product unveiling last month.  What did they have… Continue Reading »

Just yesterday it was announced that the FreeRunner from OpenMoko would be ready for sale beginning on July 4, but it seems they just could not wait any longer, and have made the handset available today. We would expect the original July 7 shipping date will however remain in effect,… Continue Reading »

Not long ago we heard that the OpenMoko FreeRunner was just about ready to hit the market, in fact it was expected to be clearing customs as of July 1. Well, July is here and OpenMoko has announced that the FreeRunner will be available for order beginning on July 4,… Continue Reading »

Switzerland’s schools have announced they will stop using Windows and instead switch to the Linux operating system Ubuntu. Up until now the school system’s 9000 computers were set up to dual boot to Windows and Ubuntu. The country’s Department of Public Instruction has become serious fans of Open Source software.… Continue Reading »

Resigned OLPC project founder Nicholas Negroponte says that the OLPC project might shy away from open-source soon enough, given that this platform has made their much-talked about project hard to pick up. He further adds that insistence on open-source software has actually scared some people away. And while I don’t… Continue Reading »

It looks like we will be seeing the OpenMoko Neo Freerunner hitting the open market sooner that later. Some recent, albeit still not complete information has just begun to be released from OpenMoko. We are still waiting to see a release date announced, which we can only hope will be… Continue Reading »

OpenMoko has released some details for the follow up to the sweet looking, and well spec’d Neo1973. We first heard some rumblings of a follow up device back in mid-February and it seems that OpenMoko has begun showing it off. Being called the Freerunner, its slightly disappointing to look at,… Continue Reading »

OpenMoko, the makers of the Neo 1973 Linux-based open source smartphone is currently taking a new strategy in cell phone design. Now offering a build your own case option. Using the philosophy of, “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it.” they have been very into using open and… Continue Reading »

The Chumby is now available for purchase. For those unfamiliar with this cool little gadget, the Chumby is a small open-source Linux-based device that features a 3.5-inch LCD screen, has two USB 2.0 ports, 64MB of SDRAM, and accelerometer, built-in speakers, Wi-Fi and is powered by a 350 Mhz ARM… Continue Reading »