Posts Tagged ‘awesomeness’

Openmoko Neo Freerunner Review

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Neo Freerunner

Openmoko's Neo Freerunner

On July 4, 2008, Openmoko released the Neo Freerunner, their second generation free/open-source cell phone.  On July 5, I ordered one.  In the two weeks between placing the order and getting the phone, I went looking for reviews, and much to my surprise, couldn’t find any.  Even Gizmodo and the like, as of this writing, seem to lack an actual review of the phone itself: all I see is software reviews, apparently based on development snapshots, rather than the software stack that actually ships with the phone.  For lack of any reviews on the regular sites, I’ve decided to go ahead and write my own.

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Photographing A Telephone

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I recently got myself a new Neo Freerunner, the second generation cell phone from Openmoko.  The phone itself is awesome, and I’m working on a post about it at the moment, but that’s going to take a while, as it’s going to be big (there seems to be a lack of actual reviews of the phone on the Internet, so I figure I’ll just write one myself).  In the meantime, since such a blog post demands a good photograph, I decided to make one, and since the next post could be a little while coming, I’ve decided to make one about the photograph itself.  If you’re into that kind of thing, take a look at the rest of the post.  For the less photo-nerdy among us, be warned: this could get a little boring.

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