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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, just due to the weekend. However if you were waiting, head on over and place you order today, after all that just means one less thing you will have to do tomorrow.

Product [OpenMoko Store]

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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, and that the shipping will begin just a few days later on July 7.

The FreeRunner will feature a 2.8-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, GPRS 2.6G, 128MB WSDRAM, and 256MB NAND flash. It will be available with support for both the 850Mhz and 900Mhz tri-band GSM networks and is going to retail for $399.

Product [OpenMoko] Via [EngadgetMobile]

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According to some chatter on the openmokolists, it looks like the OpenMoko FreeRunner will be available for purchase in early July, and possibly as early as July 1.

Based on the message, which comes from Steve who is the VP of marketing, the phones have been assembled and are due to begin shipping today. OpenMoko estimates that they phones should arrive in the US and clear customs by July 1. After which they should hopefully begin arriving in actual buyers hands within a week or so.

The OpenMoko FreeRunner is the follow up to the Neo1973 and will feature a 400 MHz Samsung CPU, 264MB ROM, 128MB RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11n), a microSD card and a three-axis accelerometer. The FreeRunner is expected to retail for $399.

Read [OpenMoko] Via [Engadget]

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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 soon. However, the good news is that we now know the phone itself will retail for either $399 if purchased individually or $3,690 for a ten pack, and OpenMoko is thinking about “throwing in a few free things” for those “early customers” but of course those details are still to come at a later time.

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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, sporting a very similar style as the current Neo1973 (as shown above), but the specs should not be as disappointing.

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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 unlocked software and this new case design option is taking this to a new level.

The catch here, which is really a nice idea is that your creations have to be shared back with the community. OpenMoko is releasing the CAD files under a ShareAlike Creative Commons license.

Read [OpenMoko] Via [Gizmodo]

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OpenMoko is expected to be adding another handset to their current lineup. The new version of the Neo is expected to be available around March or April 2008. Details on the new release are still light, but will most likely make a nice addition to the current Neo1973 handset. OpenMoko also plan to begin working with device vendors in an effort to increase their production, they have already began to work with Dash on the new Dash Express navigation device.

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