From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Adam > wrote:
>
http://www.hothardware.com/image_popup.aspx?image=big_fic2.jpg&articleid=979&
t=a
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> Neat looking
>
> Adam
Not just neat looking...it tick most of my boxes...

http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/fic_neo1973_smartphone.html

"Those of you Linux users out there might enjoy the new Neo1973, a
smartphone from FIC. This quad-band GSM/GPRS phone is the first to use
open-source OpenMoKo platform, and, as you can see, it has a very unique
look to it.

The 2.8 inch display LCD is an ultra-high resolution touchscreen. It has
128 MB of RAM, and 64 MB of Flash, along with a 64 MB MicroSD card. It is
based on a Samsung S3C2410 SoC (system-on-chip) application processor,
which is powered by an ARM9 core. The phone also features an A-GPS system
that can create wonderful maps in high resolution.

The Neo1973 smartphone can be charged via USB connection to a computer. It
can also serve as a router for connecting a PC to the internet with its
GPRS data connection ability.

The OpenMoko software will include a dialer, unified SyncML-enabled
email/text messaging client, phonebook, and media player. More applications
will be available via “feeds”, including those certified from FIC and other
sources. The phone will also included a software manager with an
“apt-get-like” function that makes it trivial to add, remove, and update
applications that are packaged in the OpenEmbedded package format,
including thousands of existing open source applications from the
OpenZaurus, as well as Familiar Linus, and Angstrom products. For those who
still prefer the popular Microsoft operating system, you can also have
Windows Mobile on the Neo1973. In fact, the Neo1973, or FIC-GTA001, is one
in a series of phones. A follow-up model is expected to offer both WiFi and
Bluetooth. "

Blimey

Excellent.

"128 MB of RAM, and 64 MB of Flash"

"This quad-band GSM/GPRS phone is the first to use open-source
OpenMoKo platform"

"charged via USB connection"

Adam

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